Mantra 24

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ज्योतिषा बृहता भात्यग्निराविर्विश्वानि कृणुते महित्वा। प्रादेवीर्मायाः सहते दुरेवाः शिशीते शृङ्गे रक्षोभ्यो विनिक्ष्वे

IAST Transliteration

ví jyótiṣā bṛhatā́ bhāty agnír āvír víśvāni kṛṇute mahitvā́ | prá adevī́r māyā́ḥ sahate durévāḥ śiśī́te śṛ́ṅge rakṣóbhyo viníkṣve

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With mighty light Agni shineth forth; in majesty he maketh all things manifest. Forth he overcometh the ungodly spells, the evil goings; he whetteth his horns against the Rākṣasas, to thrust them down.

Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• ज्योतिषा: with light, by radiance
• ज्योतिषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहता: with the great (radiance)
• बृहता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भाति: shines
• भाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)

• अग्निः: Agni, fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आविः: manifest, openly
• आविः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविस्/आविः (अव्यय)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुते: makes, accomplishes
• कृणुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• महित्वा: by/through greatness, in majesty
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महित्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• अदेवीः: non-divine, unholy
• अदेवीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-पूर्वक)

• मायाः: magical powers, sorceries
• मायाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहते: overcomes, withstands
• सहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

• दुरेवाः: ill-going (evils), malign forces
• दुरेवाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: दुरेवा (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिशीते: sharpens, whets
• शिशीते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शि/श्यै? (धातु: शि ‘to sharpen’ / श्यै ‘to whet’; वैदिक प्रयोग)

• शृङ्गे: on the horn(s), at the horn
• शृङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षोभ्यः: from/against the demons (rakṣas)
• रक्षोभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• निक्ष्वे: drive away, expel (them)
• निक्ष्वे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: निक्ष्व (धातु/प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक: ‘to drive away/expel’ अथवा ‘to hurl’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution (rakṣoghna cycle)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (longer pādas; mixed cadence typical of AV narrative-apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

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