Mantra 45

Rishi: Agnicayana mantra-stream (Anukramaṇī details not provided)

Devata: Agni; Viśvakarman as creator invoked

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो अ॒ग्निर॒ग्नेरध्यजा॑यत॒ शोका॑त्पृथि॒व्या उ॒त वा॑ दि॒वस्परि॑ । येन॑ प्र॒जा वि॒श्वक॑र्मा ज॒जान॒ तम॑ग्ने॒ हेड॒: परि॑ ते वृणक्तु

Transliteration

yó agnír agnér ádhyajāyata śókāt pṛthivyā́ utá vā́ divás pári | yéna prajā́ viśvákarmā jajā́na tám agne héḍaḥ pári te vṛṇaktu

Translation

That Agni who was born from Agni, from the burning heat, from the earth, or again from around the sky—he by whom Viśvakarman generated creatures—may that, O Agni, avert from thee the hurtful wrath.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यः । अग्निः । अग्नेः । अधि-अजायत । शोकात् । पृथिव्याः । उत । वा । दिवः । परि । येन । प्रजाः । विश्व-कर्मा । जजान । तम् । अग्ने । हेडः । परि । ते । वृणक्तु

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

अग्निःAgni, fire

अग्नेःof Agni

अधिupon, over

अजायतwas born, arose

शोकात्from grief/heat (burning)

पृथिव्याःof the earth

उतand, also

वाor

दिवःof heaven/sky

परिaround, from beyond

येनby which

प्रजाःcreatures, offspring

विश्वकर्माViśvakarman (all-maker)

जजानbegot, generated

तम्him

अग्नेO Agni

हेडःwrath, anger, harm

परिaway, around (as preverb)

तेof you, your

वृणक्तुmay it turn away/remove

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Viśvakarman

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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