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Mantra 10

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्मणिं फालं घृतश्चुतमुग्रं खदिरमोजसे । तं बिभ्रच्चन्द्रमा मणिमसुराणां पुरोऽजयद् दानवानां हिरण्ययीः । सो अस्मै श्रियमिद् दुहे भूयोभूयः श्वःश्वस्तेन त्वं द्विषतो जहि

IAST Transliteration

yám abadhnā́d bṛ́haspátiḥ maṇíṃ phā́laṃ ghṛtaścútam ugráṃ khadiráṃ ójase | táṃ bíbhrac candrámā maṇím asurā́ṇāṃ púro ’jayad dānavā́nāṃ hiraṇyáyīḥ | só asmai śríyam íd duhē bhū́yo-bhūyaḥ śváḥ-śvaḥ téna tváṃ dviṣatáḥ jahí

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The amulet which Bṛhaspati bound on—a plate, ghee-dropping, fierce, of khadira-wood—for vital force: bearing that amulet, the Moon conquered the strongholds of the Asuras, the golden (holds) of the Dānavas. It yields him fortune indeed, again and yet again, day after day: with that do thou smite the haters.

Word by Word
यम्whom/which (that)
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अबध्नात्bound, fastened
अबध्नात्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध्
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/title)
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
मणिम्a jewel/amulet
मणिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
फालम्ploughshare (as an amulet-form/epithet)
फालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफाल (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतश्चुतम्dripping with ghee
घृतश्चुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past participial)
Rootघृत-श्चुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √च्युत्/√च्यु ‘to drip, ooze’)
उग्रम्fierce, powerful
उग्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
खदिरम्khadira-wood (Acacia catechu); khadira-made
खदिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootखदिर (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजसेfor strength/vigour
ओजसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (amulet)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बिभ्रत्bearing, wearing
बिभ्रत्:
Kartā
TypeVerbal adjective (present participle)
Rootभृ
चन्द्रमाःthe Moon
चन्द्रमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस्/चन्द्रमा (प्रातिपदिक)
मणिम्the jewel/amulet
मणिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
असुराणाम्of the Asuras
असुराणाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरःin front, before
पुरः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ)
अजयत्conquered, overcame
अजयत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootजि
दानवानाम्of the Dānavas
दानवानाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्ययीःgolden (ones)
हिरण्ययीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootहिरण्ययी (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe/that
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रियम्prosperity, splendour
श्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/इत् (निपात)
दुहेmilks/yields
दुहे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootदुह्
भूयःभूयःagain and again, repeatedly
भूयःभूयः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (iterative)
Rootभूयस् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग) पुनरुक्ति
श्वःश्वःday by day, each tomorrow
श्वःश्वः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootश्वस् (अव्यय) पुनरुक्ति
तेनby that, with that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्विषतःthe haters, enemies
द्विषतः:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (participle used substantively)
Rootद्विष् (शत्रु-प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान कृदन्त ‘द्विषत्’)
जहिstrike/kill
जहि:
Kartā
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootहन्
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Candramās (Moon) and Maṇi

Chandas: Mixed; Anuṣṭubh-like with a longer middle pāda

Mantra Rasa

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