Mantra 2

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः । प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः

IAST Transliteration

práti daha yātudhā́nān práti deva kimī́dinaḥ | pratī́cīḥ kṛṣṇa-vartane sáṃ daha yātudhā́nyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Burn back the Yātudhānas; burn back, O God, the Kimīdins. Turn them back, O black-tracked One: burn up utterly the Yātudhānī witches.

Word by Word

• प्रति: against; back; in return (towards)
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दह: burn! consume!
• दह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (दहँ) — भ्वादिगण

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

• प्रति: against
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• देव: O god!
• देव: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• किमीदिनः: the harmful beings/tormentors (kimīdins)
• किमीदिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किमीदिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतीचीः: those turned back/away; retreating (fem. pl.)
• प्रतीचीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णवर्तने: in the black track/path; in dark turning
• कृष्णवर्तने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दह: burn!
• दह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (दहँ) — भ्वादिगण

• यातुधान्यः: the yātudhānīs (female sorceresses/demonesses)
• यातुधान्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; varies by anukramaṇī lists).

Devata: Agni (burning power) / general Deva as apotropaic agent; hostile beings (yātudhāna, kimīdin) as targets.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for compact imprecatory verses in AV Book 1).

Mantra Rasa

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