Mantra 9

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवानां हेतिः परि त्वा वृणक्तु पारयामि त्वा रजस उत् त्वा मृत्योरपीपरम्। आरादग्निं क्रव्यादं निरूहं जीवातवे ते परिधिं दधामि

IAST Transliteration

devā́nāṃ hetíḥ pári tvā vṛṇaktu pārayā́mi tvā rájasa ú t tvā mṛtyór apīparam | ārā́d agníṃ kravyā́daṃ nirū́haṃ jīvā́tave te paridhíṃ dadhāmi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the Gods’ weapon close around thee. I bear thee through from out the region; from Death I have delivered thee. Far off the flesh-devouring Fire, the uprooting one— for thy living I set a boundary round about thee.

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेतिः: missile/weapon; (protective) agency
• हेतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; completely
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वृणक्तु: may (it) ward off/keep away
• वृणक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वृञ्ज् (वृणक्ति)

• पारयामि: I carry you across / I save you
• पारयामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पॄ (पारयति) (caus./denom. sense: ‘carry across, save’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• रजसः: from the realm of darkness/space (rajas)
• रजसः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्: up; out
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मृत्योः: from death
• मृत्योः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अपीपरम्: I have brought (you) over / I have rescued
• अपीपरम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (पिपर्ति) with preverb अपि-; reduplicated aorist/perfect-like Vedic form

• आरात्: far away
• आरात्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आरात्

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

• क्रव्यादम्: flesh-eating (fire/demon)
• क्रव्यादम्: विशेष्य-विशेषण (अग्निम्) / कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरूहम्: driving out; expelling
• निरूहम्: विशेष्य-विशेषण (अग्निम्) / कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरूह (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवातवे: for living; for life
• जीवातवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवातु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• परिधिम्: enclosure; protective boundary
• परिधिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधामि: I place; I establish
• दधामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (दधाति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (per Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Divine protective force (devānām heti), anti-Mṛtyu power; opposed to Kravyād Agni.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; confirm in edition).

Mantra Rasa

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