Mantra 9

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चक्षुषो हेते मनसो हेते ब्रह्मणो हेते तपसश्च हेते । मेन्या मेनिरस्यमेनयस्ते सन्तु ये३स्माँ अभ्यघायन्ति

IAST Transliteration

cákṣuṣo heté mánaso heté bráhmaṇo heté tápasaś ca heté | menyā́ menír asy aményayas te santu yé ’smā́n abhyaghā́yanti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O weapon of the eye, O weapon of the mind, O weapon of spell, O weapon of fervid power—thou art Menī, wrath: let those be without wrath, who against us purpose evil.

Translation

ഹേ കണ്ണിന്റെ ആയുധമേ, ഹേ മനസ്സിന്റെ ആയുധമേ, ഹേ ബ്രഹ്മൺ (മന്ത്രശക്തി)ന്റെ ആയുധമേ, ഹേ തപസ് (തപോബലം)ന്റെ ആയുധമേ! നീ മേനീ—ക്രോധം. ഞങ്ങളോടു വിരോധമായി അഘായ (അപകാരം) ചെയ്യാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നവർ ക്രോധരഹിതരാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• चक्षुषः: of the eye
• चक्षुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेते: the missile/weapon; the hurt
• हेते: कर्तृ/हेतुः (as the named agent/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसः: of the mind
• मनसः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेते: the missile/weapon; the hurt
• हेते: कर्तृ/हेतुः
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणः: of sacred power / prayer (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेते: the missile/weapon; the hurt
• हेते: कर्तृ/हेतुः
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसः: of austerity/heat (tapas)
• तपसः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हेते: the missile/weapon; the hurt
• हेते: कर्तृ/हेतुः
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• मेन्याः: wraths/angers
• मेन्याः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेन्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• मेनीः: wraths/angry impulses
• मेनीः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनी (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अमेनीयः: not to be angered; unprovokable
• अमेनीयः: सम्बोधन/विशेषण (predicate adjective to implied ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेनीय (प्रातिपदिक; a- + मेनीय)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: — (injunctive/optative command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards; against
• अभि: — (preverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• अघायन्ति: do evil (to); plot harm
• अघायन्ति: कर्तृ (they as agents)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अघा-य् (धातु; denom. from अघ ‘evil’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution at hymn level (per anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5)

Devata: Menī (Wrath personified) and the ‘Heta’ (weapon-force) as addressed powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta