Mantra 54

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इषीकां जरतीमिष्ट्वा तिल्पिञ्जं दण्डनं नडम्। तमिन्द्र इध्मं कृत्वा यमस्याग्निं निरादधौ

IAST Transliteration

iṣī́kāṃ járatīm iṣṭvā́ tilpíñjaṃ dáṇḍanaṃ naḍám | tám índraḥ́ idhmáṃ kṛtvā́ yám asyāgníṃ nir-ā́dadhau

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A withered reed he worshipped, and tilpiñja-grass, and reed-stalk as a staff: that Indra, making it kindling-fuel, set forth as Yama’s fire and duly laid it down.

Translation

ਸੁੱਕੀ ਹੋਈ ਇਸ਼ੀਕਾ (ਰੀਡ) ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਪੂਜਿਆ; ਤਿਲ੍ਪਿਞ੍ਜ ਘਾਹ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ, ਅਤੇ ਡੰਡ ਵਜੋਂ ਨੜ ਦੀ ਡੰਡੀ ਨੂੰ। ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਇੰਦਰ ਨੇ ਇਧ੍ਮ (ਇੰਧਨ) ਬਣਾ ਕੇ, ਯਮ ਦਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਕਰਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਟਿਕਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

इषीकाम्a reed/arrow-shaft (a slender stalk)

जरतीम्old, aged

इष्ट्वाhaving worshipped / having offered

तिल्पिञ्जम्a kind of grass/reed (tilpiñja)

दण्डनम्a staff/rod (stick)

नडम्reed, cane

तम्that (it/him)

इन्द्रःIndra

इध्मम्fuel, firewood

कृत्वाhaving made

यमस्यof Yama

अग्निम्fire (Agni)

निरादधौhe set down/placed (established)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Indra (agent exemplar) and Yama (jurisdictional locus of the fire)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas shown; full metrical certainty requires full pada-count verification)

Mantra Rasa

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