Mantra 27

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमत् तेजसा त्विष्या सह यशसा कीर्त्याऽ सह

IAST Transliteration

yám abadhnā́d bṛ́haspátir devébhyo asúra-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat téjasā́ tvíṣyā sahá yáśasā kīrtyā́ sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound fast for the Gods—the Asura’s strong domain—thence came the Jewel, the Māyā, endowed with fiery might, with flashing splendour, with fame, with glory joined.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• देवेभ्यः: for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरक्षितिम्: the Asura-dominion / Asura-protection (as an entity)
• असुरक्षितिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

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

• तेजसा: with brilliance, with fiery energy
• तेजसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्विष्या: with radiance, splendor
• त्विष्या: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: सम्बन्ध/सहकार
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• यशसा: with fame, with glory
• यशसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कीर्त्या: with renown
• कीर्त्या: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: सम्बन्ध/सहकार
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to the Mani; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Maṇi (personified amulet-power) with Bṛhaspati as enabling divine priestly force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; metrical exactness may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

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