Mantra 14

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये पूर्वे बध्वो३यन्ति हस्ते शृङ्गाणि बिभ्रतः । आपाकेस्थाः प्रहासिन स्तम्बे ये कुर्वते ज्योतिस्तानितो नाशयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yé pū́rve badhvóyanti háste śṛ́ṅgāṇi bíbhrataḥ | āpā́ka-sthā́ḥ prahā́sinaḥ stambé yé kurváte jyótiḥ tā́ni itó nāśayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those who in front ensnare, bearing horns in the hand; those who stand by the cooking-place, loud-laughing; who in the post make a light—those from hence we cause to perish, we drive away.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

पूर्वेformer, earlier

बध्वःthe bound ones / captives

यन्तिgo

हस्तेin the hand

शृङ्गाणिhorns

बिभ्रतःbearing, carrying

आपाकेस्थाःstanding at the cooking-place / near the hearth

प्रहासिनःlaughing loudly, mocking

स्तम्बेin/at the post, pillar

येwho

कुर्वतेdo, make

ज्योतिःlight, flame

तानिthose (things/beings)

इतोनाशयामसिwe drive away/destroy from here

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Rakṣas (as adversary); domestic fire implied as allied purifier

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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