Mantra 14

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतास्ते अग्ने समिधः पिशाचजम्भनीः । तास्त्वं जुषस्व प्रति चैना गृहाण जातवेदः

IAST Transliteration

etā́ste agne samídhaḥ piśācajámbhanīḥ | tā́stváṃ juṣasva práti cainā gṛhāṇa jātavedaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

These, Agni, are thy kindling-sticks, the crushings-down of Pisācas. Them do thou accept with favour, and take them to thee in return, O Jātavedas.

Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Kartā (वाक्ये ‘स॒मिधः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण) / Deictic determiner
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your (of you)
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• समिधः: kindling-sticks, fuel
• समिधः: Kartā (नामपदम्; ‘एताः … समिधः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘kindling-stick, fuel’)

• पिशाचजम्भनीः: pishāca-crushing / demon-destroying
• पिशाचजम्भनीः: Viśeṣaṇa (of ‘समिधः’)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: पिशाच-जम्भनी (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘pishāca-destroying’)

• ताः: those (them)
• ताः: Karma (object of ‘जुषस्व’ and also taken up for ‘गृहाण’)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā (of ‘जुषस्व’, ‘गृहाण’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषस्व: accept, enjoy, be pleased with
• जुषस्व: Kriyā (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ)

• प्रति: towards; in response
• प्रति: Upasarga/Avyaya (direction/‘towards, in return’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: प्रति

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable (conjunction)
• Root: च

• एनाः: these (same ones)
• एनाः: Karma (object of ‘गृहाण’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘this/these’, esp. anaphoric)

• गृहाण: take, receive
• गृहाण: Kriyā (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (ग्रहणे)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni, knower of beings)
• जातवेदः: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn attributed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan-type seers; exact r̥ṣi varies by ancillary tradition)

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas) as demon-destroyer

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this cluster)

Mantra Rasa

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