Mantra 6

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्ञरिषूः संनममानो अग्ने वाचा शल्याँ अशनिभिर्दिहानः । ताभिर्विध्य हृदये यातुधानान् प्रतीचो बाहून् प्रति भङ्ग्ध्येषाम्

IAST Transliteration

yajñaríṣūḥ saṃná-mamāno agne vācā́ śalyā́ṃ aśánibhir dihānáḥ | tā́bhir vidhya hṛ́daye yātudhānā́n pratī́co bāhū́n práti bhaṅgdhy eṣām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Armed with sacrificial arrows, bending to the aim, O Agni—arming thyself with barbs and thunderbolts by speech—therewith pierce the Yātudhānas in the heart; break back their arms, turned backward upon themselves.

Word by Word

यज्ञरिषूःO Agni, the ‘yajña-seer’/sage of the sacrifice

संनममानःbowing down / bending (himself)

अग्नेO Agni

वाचाwith (his) speech/utterance

शल्यान्barbs, darts, spikes

अशनिभिःwith thunderbolts / lightning (weapons)

दिहानःsmearing/coating (himself), anointing

ताभिःwith those (i.e., with those thunderbolts/barbs)

विध्यpierce! strike through!

हृदयेin the heart

यातुधानान्the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)

प्रतीचःturned against (us), hostile

बाहून्arms

प्रतिagainst, back (in return)

भङ्ग्धिbreak! shatter!

एषाम्of these (demons)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition (AV 8.3).

Devata: Agni (as yajña-weapon bearer)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be confirmed per edition)

Mantra Rasa

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