Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्यग्निः क्रव्याद् यदि वा व्याघ्र इमं गोष्ठं प्रविवेशान्योकाः । तं माषाज्यं कृत्वा प्र हिणोमि दूरं स गच्छत्वप्सुषदोऽप्यग्नीन्

IAST Transliteration

yády agníḥ kravyā́d yádi vā vyāghrá imáṁ góṣṭhaṁ prá viveśā́nyokāḥ | táṁ māṣā́jyaṁ kṛtvā́ prá hiṇomi dūráṁ sá gácchatv apsuṣádo 'py agní́n

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If Agni, flesh-devouring, or if a tiger, an alien-dweller, hath entered this cowshed, him—having made the bean-and-ghee—do I drive forth afar: let him depart unto the water-seated fires.

Word by Word

यदिif

अग्निःAgni; fire

क्रव्याद्flesh-eating (esp. a baleful fire/cremation-fire)

यदिif

वाor

व्याघ्रःtiger

इमम्this

गोष्टम्cowshed; cattle-pen

प्रविवेशhas entered

अन्योकाःone whose dwelling is elsewhere; a stranger

तम्him/that (one)

माषाज्यम्bean-ghee; ghee mixed/associated with black-gram (māṣa)

कृत्वाhaving made/prepared

प्रforth; away

हिindeed

हिणोमिI drive/send

दूरम्far away

सःhe

गच्छतुlet (him) go

अप्सुin the waters

षदःdwelling/sitting (there)

अपिalso; even

अग्नीन्fires (Agni-powers)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 12.2 complex)

Devata: Agni (in dangerous ‘kravyād’ aspect) and the banishing ‘apṣuṣad’ fires; also implicit predator-force (vyāghra)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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