Mantra 25

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पिङ्ग रक्ष जायमानं मा पुमांसं स्त्रियं क्रन्। आण्डादो गर्भान्मा दभन् बाधस्वेतः किमीदिनः

IAST Transliteration

píṅga rákṣa jā́yamānaṃ mā́ pumā́ṃsaṃ stríyaṃ kran | āṇḍā́do gárbhān mā́ dabhan bā́dhasva étáḥ kimī́dinaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Piṅga, guard the child that now is born: let none transform the male to female. Let not the Egg-devourer injure the embryos; thrust him away—begone, ye Kīmīdin fiends.

Word by Word

पिङ्गtawny, reddish-brown (O tawny one)

रक्षprotect

जायमानम्being born, newly born

माdo not

पुमांसम्a male

स्त्रियम्a female

क्रन्make (him/her), turn (into)

आण्डात्from the egg (embryonic sac)

गर्भात्from the womb

माdo not

दभन्harm, injure, deceive

बाधस्वdrive away, repel

एतःO Etha (a demon/affliction named ‘Etha’), the goer/creeper

किमीदिनःof the Kimīdina (a harmful being/affliction)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within the AV corpus; specific ṛṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Piṅga (protective being) and rakṣoghna force; adversaries: āṇḍāda, kīmīdinaḥ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV protective charms)

Mantra Rasa

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