Mantra 11

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समिन्धते संकसुकं स्वस्तये शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः । जहाति रिप्रमत्येन एति समिद्धो अग्निः सुपुना पुनाति

IAST Transliteration

samíndhate saṅkásukaṃ svastáye śuddhā́ bhávantaḥ śúcayaḥ pāvakā́ḥ | jahā́ti rípram átyena eti samíddho agníḥ supúnā punāti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They kindle the saṅkasuka for welfare; becoming pure, the bright Pāvakas. He leaveth stain behind and passeth onward: Agni, when kindled, with good cleansing purifieth.

Word by Word

• समिन्धते: they kindle / are kindled
• समिन्धते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इन्ध्

• संकसुकम्: (as) a bundle/heap of kindling (fuel)
• संकसुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकसुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्तये: for well-being
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुद्धाः: purified
• शुद्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √शुध्/√शुच्-भाव)

• भवन्तः: you (all)
• भवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचयः: bright, pure
• शुचयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पावकाः: purifiers; (fires)
• पावकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘to purify’)

• जहाति: he/it leaves, abandons
• जहाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (जहाति)

• रिप्रम्: defilement, impurity
• रिप्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्येन: with/through the steed (horse)
• अत्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: goes, proceeds
• एति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ

• समिद्धः: kindled
• समिद्धः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-इन्ध् (कृदन्त: समिद्ध)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपुना: with a good sieve/strainer (winnowing fan)
• सुपुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपुना (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनाति: purifies
• पुनाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पुनाति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Agni as Pāvaka (Purifier).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; depends on textual scansion).

Mantra Rasa

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