Mantra 7

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्जुनि पुनर्वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर्हेतिः किमीदिनीः । यस्य स्थ तमत्त यो वः प्राहैत् तमत्त स्वा मांसान्यत्त

IAST Transliteration

árjuni púnar vo yantu yātávaḥ púnar hetíḥ kímīdinīḥ | yásya sthá tám atta yó vaḥ práhāit tám atta svā́ māṁsā́ny atta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Arjunī, back let the sorcerers go—back, too, the missile, back the Kīmīdinī devourers. Whose ye are, him devour; he who hath sent you forth—him devour; devour your own flesh.

Word by Word

अर्जुनिO Arjunī (a plant/name)

पुनःagain, back

वःof you (pl.)

यन्तुlet (them) go/come

यातवःthe goers; wanderers (esp. hostile beings)

पुनःagain, back

हेतिःmissile/weapon; (here) hostile stroke

किमीदिनीःthe Kīmīdinīs (harmful beings/demons; lit. ‘what-eaters/biters’)

यस्यwhose

स्थyou are / you stand

तम्him/that one

अत्तeat!

यःwho

वःto you (pl.)

प्राहैत्has sent forth/has hurled (at you)

तम्him/that one

अत्तeat!

स्वाone’s own

मांसानिflesh (pieces of flesh)

अत्तeat!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras lineage for such apotropaic verses; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Arjunī (protective power) with yātavaḥ/kīmīdinīḥ as the addressed hostile agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full metrical verification against padapāṭha accents and syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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