Mantra 6

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आमे सुपक्वे शबले विपक्वे यो मा पिशाचो अशने ददम्भ । तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

IAST Transliteration

āmé supákve śabále vípakve yó mā piśācó áśane dadámbha | tád ātmánā prajā́yā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó ayám astu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In raw, in well-cooked, in mixed, in over-cooked—what Piśāca hath injured me in the eating: that, with its own self, with its progeny, let the Piśācas be driven apart; let this be an antidote.

Word by Word

आमेin the raw (unripe) [state]

सुपक्वेin the well-cooked/fully ripe [state]

शबलेin the speckled/variegated [state]

विपक्वेin the overcooked/overripe [state]

यःwho (that one who)

माम्me

पिशाचःa piśāca (demonic being)

अशनेin food / in eating

ददम्भhas harmed/afflicted

तत्that (him/that one)

आत्मनाby (one’s) self / with one’s own person

प्रजयाwith offspring/progeny

पिशाचाःthe piśācas

विapart, away (intensifier/separator)

यातयन्ताम्let them drive away / let them cause to depart

अगदःa remedy; antidote; healing charm

अयम्this

अस्तुlet it be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition (exorcistic healing corpus)

Devata: Piśācas (as adversary) and the ‘Agada’ power of the charm; implicitly Agni as purifier

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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