Mantra 1

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ईर्ष्याविनाशनम्। ईर्ष्याया ध्राजिं प्रथमां प्रथमस्या उतापराम्। अग्निं हृदय्यं१ शोकं तं ते निर्वापयामसि

IAST Transliteration

īrṣyā-vināśanam | īrṣyā́yā dhrā́jiṃ prathamā́ṃ prathamásyā utā́parām | agníṃ hṛdayyàṃ śokáṃ táṃ te nírvāpayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Jealousy’s destruction. Jealousy’s blaze—the first, and of the first her later flare; the heart-seated fire, the grief—this from thee we quench.

Word by Word

• ईर्ष्यायाः: of jealousy
• ईर्ष्यायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्राजिम्: the rush/impulse (violent onset)
• ध्राजिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्राजि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमाम्: the first
• प्रथमाम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमस्याः: of the first (one)
• प्रथमस्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive; ‘of the first’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and / also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अपराम्: the later/other (one)
• अपराम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्; implied object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni; fire
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदय्यम्: heart-seated / in the heart
• हृदय्यम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हृदय’ + यत्)

• शोकम्: grief, burning sorrow
• शोकम्: कर्म (apposition to अग्निम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: that (it)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• निर्वापयामसि: we extinguish / we cause to be quenched
• निर्वापयामसि: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वा (वा/वाप् ‘to blow/waft; to extinguish’) with nis- + causative

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Īrṣyā (personified affliction) and Agni (as inner heat to be quenched)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (Atharvanic anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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