Mantra 2

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तथा तदग्ने कृणु जातवेदो विश्वेभिर्देवैः सह संविदानः । यो नो दिदेव यतमो जघास यथा सो अस्य परिधिष्पताति

IAST Transliteration

táthā tád agne kṛṇu jātavédo víśvebhir deváiḥ sahá saṃvidānáḥ | yó no didéva yatamó jaghā́sa yáthā sá asyá paridhí-ṣpatāti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So do thou that, O Agni Jātavedas, in concord with all the Gods. Whoso hath wronged us, whoso hath devoured—so may he, at his boundary, fall away and come to ruin.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

तत्that (act/thing)

अग्नेO Agni

कृणुdo, make

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (knower of births/creatures)

विश्वेभिःwith all

देवैःwith the gods

सहtogether with

संविदानःbeing in accord/acting in concert

यःwho

नःof us, our

दिदेवhas played/has acted wantonly (has been hostile/errant)

यतमःmost (in) restrained/most fitting (i.e., whichever is foremost)

जघासhas devoured, has eaten

यथाso that, as

सःhe

अस्यof this (one), his

परिधिःenclosure, boundary; (ritual) enclosing-stick

पततिfalls, flies, rushes

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas with the Viśve Devāḥ

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs full metrical audit)

Mantra Rasa

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