Mantra 17

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि प्रेयुर्देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे। तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यदुपोचिरे सर्वं तदरसं कृधि

IAST Transliteration

yádi préyur devapurā́ bráhma varmā́ṇi cakriré | tanūpā́naṃ paripā́ṇaṃ kṛṇvāṇā́ yád upóciré sárvaṃ tád arásaṃ kṛdhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If they should march, with ‘divine strongholds,’ having made armours by spell—body-guard and all-around guard—whatsoever they have muttered over: make thou all that sapless, void of virtue.

Translation

ଯଦି ସେମାନେ ‘ଦେବପୁରା’ (ଦିବ୍ୟ କିଲ୍ଲା) ସହ କୁଚ କରନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ବ୍ରହ୍ମ-ମନ୍ତ୍ରବଳରେ କବଚ ଗଢ଼ିଥାନ୍ତି—ଦେହରକ୍ଷା ଓ ସର୍ବତୋମୁଖ ରକ୍ଷା—ସେମାନେ ଯାହା କିଛି ଉପରେ ଜପ/ମନ୍ତ୍ରୋଚ୍ଚାର କରିଥାନ୍ତି, ସେ ସବୁକୁ ତୁମେ ରସହୀନ, ନିଷ୍ପ୍ରଭ, ନିର୍ବୀର୍ୟ କରିଦିଅ।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• प्रेयुः: they have gone forth / departed
• प्रेयुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इ (√इ)

• देवपुराः: the divine strongholds/citadels
• देवपुराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: brahman; sacred power/spell
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्माणि: armours; protective coverings
• वर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रिरे: they have made / fashioned
• चक्रिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) [लिट् आत्मनेपद]

• तनूपानम्: body-protector; protection of the person
• तनूपानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनूपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिपाणम्: all-round guarding; complete protection
• परिपाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिपाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्वानाः: making; while fashioning
• कृण्वानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) → कृण्वान (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपोचिरे: they have uttered/recited (in addition); they have spoken
• उपोचिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √वच् (वचने) [लिट् आत्मनेपद; वैदिक रूप]

• सर्वम्: all; the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरसम्: tasteless; sapless; devoid of essence
• अरसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make (you)!
• कृधि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Brahman (spell-power) as the contested medium; implicit divine backing of the Atharvan counter-spell

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; with Atharvanic expansion)

Mantra Rasa

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