Mantra 7

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्मवर्म मेऽसि यो मा दिशामन्तर्देशेभ्योऽघायुरभिदासात्। एतत् स ऋच्छात्

IAST Transliteration

aśmavarmá mé ’si yó mā diśā́m antardeśébhyò ’ghāyúr abhídāsāt | etát sá ṛcchāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art my stone-armour: whoso, evil-lived, from the quarters or the mid-regions, should fall upon me—let him, by this, depart and meet his destined course.

Word by Word

• अश्मवर्म: stone-armor; a stony protective covering
• अश्मवर्म: सम्बोधनः (रक्षाकवच-रूपेण) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् + वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) (समासः)

• मे: of me; for me
• मे: सम्बन्धः (षष्ठी) — ‘my/for me’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: अख्यात (क्रिया) — विधेय-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (सापेक्ष-उपवाक्ये) — ‘who’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म — ‘me’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशाम्: of the directions (quarters)
• दिशाम्: सम्बन्धः (षष्ठी) — ‘of the directions’
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्देशेभ्यः: from inner regions; from within places
• अन्तर्देशेभ्यः: अपादान — ‘from within-regions/inner places’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• अघायुः: evil-minded; one wishing harm
• अघायुः: कर्ता — ‘evil-intentioned one’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अघायु (प्रातिपदिक) (अघ + आयु)

• अभिदासात्: from hostile attack; from bewitching/assailing
• अभिदासात्: अपादान — ‘from hostile assault/witchcraft’
• Type: Noun (action/agent term)
• Root: अभि + दस् (धातु) → अभिदास (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म — ‘this (harm/act)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता — ‘he (that one)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋच्छात्: may he go away; may he meet (his due)
• ऋच्छात्: अख्यात (क्रिया) — ‘may he go/attain’
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु) (ऋच्छति = गच्छति/प्राप्नोति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input; commonly attributed within AV rakṣā corpora to Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages)

Devata: Aśmavarman (personified protective armour); implicitly the apotropaic power of ‘aśman’

Chandas: Not specified in the input (likely anuṣṭubh-type cadence, but requires padic verification from a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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