Mantra 1

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। दीर्घायुत्वाय बृहते रणायारिष्यन्तो दक्षमाणाः सदैव। मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणं जङ्गिडं बिभृमो वयम्

IAST Transliteration

dīrghāyutvā́ya bṛhaté raṇā́yā́riṣyánto dákṣamāṇāḥ sadā́ivá | maṇíṃ viṣkandhadū́ṣaṇaṃ jāṅgíḍaṃ bíbhr̥mo vayám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For length of days, for the mighty strife, unharmed, putting forth our strength for evermore, we bear the amulet—Jāṅgiḍa—bane of Viṣkandha, the corrupter of the spoiler.

Word by Word

• दीर्घायुत्वाय: for long life / for longevity
• दीर्घायुत्वाय: Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun (abstract/purpose)
• Root: दीर्घायु- (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + आयुस्)

• बृहते: for the great (one/thing)
• बृहते: Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बृहन्त्/बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रणाय: for battle / for combat
• रणाय: Sampradāna (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरिष्यन्तः: not being harmed; uninjured
• अरिष्यन्तः: Kartā (कर्ता—वयम् के विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √ऋष्/रिष् (हिंसायाम्/क्षतौ) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• दक्षमाणाः: being capable/strong; exerting strength
• दक्षमाणाः: Kartā (कर्ता—वयम् के विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (middle, present)
• Root: √दक्ष्/दक्ष (बलवत्तायाम्/समर्थ्ये) + शानच् (वर्तमान आत्मनेपदी कृदन्त)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: (निपात; emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• मणिम्: the amulet/gem
• मणिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्कन्धदूषणम्: the destroyer of ‘viṣkandha’ (a wasting/obstructive affliction)
• विष्कन्धदूषणम्: Karma (कर्म—मणिम् के विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (of मणि)
• Root: विष्कन्ध- + दूषण- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• जङ्गिडम्: the ‘jaṅgiḍa’ (name of a protective charm/amulet)
• जङ्गिडम्: Karma (कर्म—मणिम् के समानाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (apposition to मणि)
• Root: जङ्गिड- (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/भूत-विशेष अथवा तद्नाशक-मणि)

• बिभृमः: we bear/wear
• बिभृमः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (धारणे)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages for maṇi-sūktas; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa-maṇi (the amulet as personified protective power); secondarily the anti-demonic force against Viṣkandha.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; the verse is cast in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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