Mantra 1

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतवारो मणिः। शतवारो अनीनशद् यक्ष्मान् रक्षांसि तेजसा । आरोहन् वर्चसा सह मणिर्दुर्णामचातनः

IAST Transliteration

śatá-vāro maṇíḥ | śatá-vāro anīnaśad yákṣmān rákṣāṃsi téjasā | āróhan várcasā sahá maṇír durṇā́m acātanaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The hundredfold Amulet: the hundredfold hath, with fiery might, driven off consumptions and the demons. Mounting with splendour, the Amulet hath chased away ill-name.

Translation

ਸ਼ਤਵਾਰ ਮਣਿ: ਸ਼ਤਵਾਰ ਮਣਿ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਯਕਸ਼ਮਾ (ਖ਼ਸਯ ਰੋਗ ਆਦਿ) ਅਤੇ ਰਕਸ਼ਾਂਸਿ (ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਭੂਤ) ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਭਜਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ। ਵਰਚਸ (ਕਾਂਤੀ) ਨਾਲ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਕੇ, ਮਣਿ ਨੇ ਦੁਰਨਾਮ (ਅਪਕੀਰਤੀ) ਨੂੰ ਹੰਢਾ ਕੇ ਕੱਢ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• शतवारः: hundredfold (having a hundred powers/turns)
• शतवारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वार (प्रातिपदिक) < शत (संख्या) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: amulet, jewel (charm-stone)
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतवारः: hundredfold
• शतवारः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनीनशत्: destroyed, made perish
• अनीनशत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) [नाशे/क्षये] + आङ् (उपसर्ग) ; reduplicated aorist-stem

• यक्ष्मान्: diseases, wasting sicknesses
• यक्ष्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षांसि: demons, harmful spirits
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजसा: by (his) brilliance/fiery power
• तेजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरोहन्: ascends, mounts, rises
• आरोहन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) [आरोहे] + आङ् (उपसर्ग)

• वर्चसा: with radiance, with splendor
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (associative) / Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• मणिः: the amulet
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्णाम: ill-name, evil repute (curse/defamation)
• दुर्णाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) < दुर् (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + नामन्

• अचातनः: drove away, dispelled, smote down
• अचातनः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चत्/चात् (धातु) [हिंसायाम्/क्षये] + आङ् (उपसर्ग) ; causative/denominative aorist-type form in Vedic

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi-hymn corpus)

Devata: Maṇi (amulet) personified; allied with Tejas/Varcas as powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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