Mantra 7

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षिरे मा मन्थे यतमो ददम्भाकृष्टपच्ये अशने धान्ये३यः । तदात्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्तामगदो३यमस्तु

IAST Transliteration

kṣīré mā mánthe yátamo dadámbhā́kṛṣṭa-pacyé áśane dhā́nyeyaḥ | tád ātmánā prajā́yā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó ayám astu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In milk, in the churned draught, in the cooked dish drawn together, in grain-food—whichever (Piśāca) hath afflicted 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

क्षिरेin milk

माdo not

मन्थेyou churn / you stir

यतमःwhichever (one)

ददम्भाकृष्टपच्येin the (food/grain) that is ‘daddambhā-’ and drawn/collected and to-be-cooked (prepared)

अशनेin food

धान्येin grain / in cereal

यःwho / which

तत्that

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

प्रजयाwith offspring / progeny

पिशाचाःthe Piśācas (malevolent spirits)

विapart / away

यातयन्ताम्let them drive away / expel

अगदःa remedy / antidote

अयम्this

अस्तुlet it be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition

Devata: Piśācas (adversary); ‘Agada’ efficacy; implicit Agni

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

Mantra Rasa

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