Mantra 7

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्मवर्म मेऽसि यो मा दिशामन्तर्देशेभ्योऽघायुरभिदासात्। एतत् स ऋच्छात्

IAST Transliteration

aśmavarmá mé ’si yó mā diśā́m antardeśébhyò ’ghāyúr abhídāsāt | etát sá ṛcchāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art my stone-armour: whoso, evil-lived, from the quarters or the mid-regions, should fall upon me—let him, by this, depart and meet his destined course.

Translation

ତୁ ମୋର ଅଶ୍ମବର୍ମ (ପାଥରର କବଚ) ଅଟୁ। ଦିଗମାନଙ୍କୁ କିମ୍ବା ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଞ୍ଚଳମାନଙ୍କୁ ଠାରୁ ଦୁଷ୍ଜୀବ ହୋଇ କେହି ମୋ ଉପରେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କରିଲେ—ଏହାଦ୍ୱାରା ସେ ଦୂରେ ହଟି ନିଜ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧାରିତ ଗତିକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରୁ।

Word by Word

• अश्मवर्म: stone-armor; a stony protective covering
• अश्मवर्म: सम्बोधनः (रक्षाकवच-रूपेण) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् + वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) (समासः)

• मे: of me; for me
• मे: सम्बन्धः (षष्ठी) — ‘my/for me’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: अख्यात (क्रिया) — विधेय-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (सापेक्ष-उपवाक्ये) — ‘who’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म — ‘me’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशाम्: of the directions (quarters)
• दिशाम्: सम्बन्धः (षष्ठी) — ‘of the directions’
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्देशेभ्यः: from inner regions; from within places
• अन्तर्देशेभ्यः: अपादान — ‘from within-regions/inner places’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• अघायुः: evil-minded; one wishing harm
• अघायुः: कर्ता — ‘evil-intentioned one’
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अघायु (प्रातिपदिक) (अघ + आयु)

• अभिदासात्: from hostile attack; from bewitching/assailing
• अभिदासात्: अपादान — ‘from hostile assault/witchcraft’
• Type: Noun (action/agent term)
• Root: अभि + दस् (धातु) → अभिदास (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म — ‘this (harm/act)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता — ‘he (that one)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋच्छात्: may he go away; may he meet (his due)
• ऋच्छात्: अख्यात (क्रिया) — ‘may he go/attain’
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु) (ऋच्छति = गच्छति/प्राप्नोति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input; commonly attributed within AV rakṣā corpora to Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages)

Devata: Aśmavarman (personified protective armour); implicitly the apotropaic power of ‘aśman’

Chandas: Not specified in the input (likely anuṣṭubh-type cadence, but requires padic verification from a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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