Mantra 24

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमत् सह व्रीहियवाभ्यां महसा भूत्या सह

IAST Transliteration

yám abadʰnād bṛ́haspátir devébhyo ásura-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat sahá vrī́hi-yavā́bhyāṃ máhasā bhū́tyā 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 rice and barley, with greatness, together with thriving weal.

Word by Word

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

• अबध्नात्: bound, fastened
• अबध्नात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्

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

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

• असुरक्षितिम्: the Asura-dominion / Asura-protection (realm/guardianship)
• असुरक्षितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

• आगमत्: came, arrived
• आगमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (आ + गम्)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• व्रीहियवाभ्याम्: with rice and barley
• व्रीहियवाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: व्रीहियव (द्वन्द्व-समास; व्रीहि + यव)

• महसा: with greatness, with might
• महसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्या: with prosperity, welfare
• भूत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi hymn complex).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Anna (grain) as prosperity medium (secondary).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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