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Mantra 5

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तदग्निराह तदु सोम आह बृहस्पतिः सविता तदिन्द्रः । ते मे देवाः पुरोहिताः प्रतीचीः कृत्याः प्रतिसरैरजन्तु

IAST Transliteration

tád agnír āha tád u sóma āha bṛ́haspátiḥ savitā́ tád índraḥ | té me devā́ḥ puróhitāḥ pratī́cīḥ kṛtyā́ḥ pratisaráir ajantu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So spake Agni; so indeed spake Soma; Bṛhaspati, Savitar—so spake Indra. Let those Gods, set before me as my fore-priests, with counter-charms drive back the witchcrafts returning upon their way.

Word by Word
तत्that (word/statement)
तत्:
Karma (आह इत्यस्य—‘तत्’ इति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā (आह)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid
आह:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (भाषणे)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (आह इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed/and
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā (आह)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid
आह:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (भाषणे)
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā (आह—अध्याहृतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
सविताSavitar
सविता:
Kartā (आह—अध्याहृतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (आह—अध्याहृतम्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (आह—अध्याहृतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā (अजन्तु)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / to me
मे:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (हित/सम्बन्धे: ‘for me / to me’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā (अजन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरोहिताःas priests set in front / as my officiants
पुरोहिताः:
Kartā-विशेषणम् (देवाः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुरः-हित’)
प्रतीचीःbackward/away (turned back), repelling
प्रतीचीः:
Karma (अजन्तु—किम् अजन्तु?)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्याःwitchcrafts/hostile spells
कृत्याः:
Karma (अजन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिसरैःwith counter-charms/amulets
प्रतिसरैः:
Karaṇa (अजन्तु—केन?)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिसर (प्रातिपदिक)
अजन्तुmay they drive away / repel
अजन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अज् (गत्यादौ/क्षेपणे; here ‘drive/impel’)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission

Devata: Agni, Soma, Bṛhaspati, Savitar, Indra (as protective coalition); pratisara as operative power

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (AV mixed)

Mantra Rasa

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