Mantra 23

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमत् सह गोभिरजाविभिरन्नेन प्रजया सह

IAST Transliteration

yám abadʰnād bṛ́haspátir devébhyo ásura-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat sahá góbhir ajā́vibhir ánnena prajā́yā sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound on for the Gods, (to win) the Asura’s stronghold—this Jewel came hither with its wondrous power, together with cows, with goats and sheep, with food, together with offspring.

Word by Word

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अबध्नात्: bound, fastened
• अबध्नात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/title)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरक्षितिम्: the Asura’s domain/abode
• असुरक्षितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर-क्षिति (समास-प्रातिपदिक; क्षिति = dwelling/abode/earth)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मायाम्: magic, illusion, power
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: the amulet/gem
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगमत्: came, arrived
• आगमत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• सह: together with
• सह: (सह-योगे) सहचर/सङ्ग
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• गोभिः: with cows
• गोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजाविभिः: with goats and sheep
• अजाविभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज + अवि (द्वन्द्व-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नेन: with food
• अन्नेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजया: with offspring/progeny
• प्रजया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: (सह-योगे) सहचर/सङ्ग
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi hymn complex).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; prosperity as embodied in paśu/anna/prajā (secondary).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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