Mantra 17

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्वाताय मणिमाशवे । तमिमं देवता मणिं प्रत्यमुञ्चन्त शंभुवम्। स आभ्यो विश्वमिद् दुहे भूयोभूयः श्वःश्वस्तेन त्वं द्विषतो जहि

IAST Transliteration

yám abadhnād bṛ́haspátir vātā́ya maṇím āśáve | tám imáṃ devátā maṇíṃ práty amuñcanta śambhúvam | sá ā́bhyo víśvam íd duhe bhū́yo-bhūyaḥ śváḥ-śvaḥ téna tváṃ dviṣatáḥ jahí

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound on, the swift-working amulet, for Vāta;—this same amulet the Gods, in counter-set, have fastened on, the beneficent. From these it verily milks forth all good, again and yet again, day after day: therewith do thou smite down the haters.

Word by Word

यम्whom

अबध्नात्bound

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati

वातायfor the wind

मणिम्the amulet/gem

आशवेto the swift (one) / for swift(-moving)

तम्that (him/it)

इमम्this

देवताthe deity/deities

मणिम्the amulet

प्रतिtowards, back

अमुञ्चन्तthey released/let go

शम्भुवम्beneficent, bringing welfare

सःhe/it

आभ्यःfrom these

विश्वम्all, everything

इत्indeed

दुहेmilks/draws out

भूयःagain, more

भूयःagain and again

श्वःश्वःday by day / each tomorrow

तेनby that, with that

त्वम्you

द्विषतःthe haters, enemies

जहिstrike/kill

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (associated with Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages in this maṇi-hymn complex)

Devata: Maṇi (amulet) empowered by Bṛhaspati and the Devatās; protective/apotropaic force

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic prose-verse tendencies; not strictly metrical throughout)

Mantra Rasa

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