Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस्तनूवशिन्। अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय

IAST Transliteration

ā́jyasya parameṣṭhin jātávedas tanūváśin | ágne taulásya prā́śān yātudhā́nān ví lā́paya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O thou Most-Exalted, Jātavedas, self-ruled in body—O Agni—having eaten of the sesame-oil, melt the Yātudhānas away asunder.

Word by Word

• आज्यस्य: of ghee
• आज्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• परमेष्ठिन्: O Paramesthin (highest-seated one)
• परमेष्ठिन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (knower of births; Agni)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनूवशिन्: O Tanūvaśin (dwelling in/possessing the body)
• तनूवशिन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तनूवशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तौलस्य: of sesame-oil / oily (substance)
• तौलस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तौल (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशान: eat, partake (of it)!
• प्राशान: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (imperative) / finite verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (धातु)

• यातुधानान्: the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानान्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder; intensively
• वि: क्रियाविशेषण (verbal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix/particle)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• लापय: cause to vanish/dissolve; destroy!
• लापय: क्रिया (आज्ञार्थक)
• Type: Verb (imperative, causative)
• Root: लप्/लपय् (धातु; causative base)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for rakṣohāna material).

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas), as rakṣohā (demon-slayer) empowered by unctuous offerings.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against pada count with accentual resolution).

Mantra Rasa

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