Mantra 22

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमद् रसेन सह वर्चसा

IAST Transliteration

yám abadʰnād bṛ́haspátir devébhyo ásura-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat raséna sahá várcasā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound on for the Gods, (to win) the Asura’s stronghold—this Jewel came hither with its wondrous power, together with essence and with splendour.

Translation

ଯାହାକୁ ବୃହସ୍ପତି ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ବାନ୍ଧିଥିଲେ—ଅସୁରର ଦୁର୍ଗ-ରକ୍ଷା (କୋଟର ବଳ) ଜିତିବା ପାଇଁ—ସେଇ ମଣି ଏଠାକୁ ଆସିଛି; ରସ ସହିତ ଓ ବର୍ଚ୍ଚସ୍ (ତେଜ) ସହିତ, ନିଜ ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ଶକ୍ତି ନେଇ।

Word by Word

• यम्: whom / which
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• अबध्नात्: bound / fastened
• अबध्नात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/title)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरक्षितिम्: (their) protection from the Asura / Asura-warding protection
• असुरक्षितिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract/result)
• Root: असु-रक्षिति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• मायाम्: magic / wondrous power
• मायाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: the amulet / jewel
• मणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगमत्: came / arrived
• आगमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• रसेन: with sap/essence
• रसेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• वर्चसा: with radiance / splendor
• वर्चसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi hymns; verse-level r̥ṣi not specified here).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; the Maṇi as empowered agent (secondary).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV narrative-apotropaic stanzas).

Mantra Rasa

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