Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्मिन् वयं संकसुके अग्नौ रिप्राणि मृज्महे । अभूम यज्ञियाः शुद्धाः प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

IAST Transliteration

aśmín vayáṃ sáṅkasuke agnáu riprā́ṇi mṛjmahe | abhū́ma yajñíyāḥ śuddhā́ḥ prá ṇa āyū́ṃṣi tāriṣat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In this Saṅkasuka-fire, in Agni, we scour away our stains; we have become, purified, meet for sacrifice: may he bear our life-spans safely onward.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this (place/thing), herein
• अस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मिन्

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → वयम्

• संकसुके: in/at the ‘Saṅkasuka’ (fire; a named/qualified fire)
• संकसुके: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: संकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; अग्निविशेष/विशेषण)

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिप्राणि: defilements, impurities
• रिप्राणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृज्महे: we cleanse (ourselves/it)
• मृज्महे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु) ‘to wipe/cleanse/purify’

• अभूम: we became / we have become
• अभूम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) ‘to be, become’

• यज्ञियाः: fit for the sacrifice, worthy of worship
• यज्ञियाः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यत्) ‘fit for sacrifice, sacrificial’

• शुद्धाः: purified
• शुद्धाः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √शुध्/शुच् भाव) ‘purified, clean’

• प्र: forth, forward; intensifier
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: our / of us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → नः

• आयूंषि: lifespans, vital lives
• आयूंषि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तारिषत्: may (he/it) carry through / prolong / bring safely across
• तारिषत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु) ‘to cross over, carry through, save’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for this kṣema–śānti material)

Devata: Agni (as purifier; Saṅkasuka as named form/function of Agni)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

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