Mantra 9
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदाञ्जनं त्रैककुदं जातं हिमवतस्परि । यातूंश्च सर्वाञ्जम्भयत् सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः
IAST Transliteration
yád ā́ñjanaṃ traikakudáṃ jātáṃ himávatas pári | yātū́ṃś ca sárvāñ jambháyat sárvāś ca yātudhā́nyāḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When Añjana, Trikakud-born, was brought to birth from about the Himavant, it crushed down all Yātus, and all the Yātudhānī demonesses.
Translation
ਜਦੋਂ ਹਿਮਵੰਤ ਦੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਜੰਮਿਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਕਕੁਦ-ਜਾਤ ਅੰਜਨ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਇਆ, ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਭ ਯਾਤੂਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਯਾਤੁਧਾਨੀ ਦੈਤ-ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੁਚਲ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
अञ्जनम्the anjana (collyrium/black pigment; a charm-substance)
अञ्जनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जन
त्रैककुदम्the ‘three-peaked’ (name/epithet of the anjana; three-crested)
त्रैककुदम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (as substantive) / Noun
Rootत्रैककुद
जातम्born/produced
जातम्:
Kartā (with अञ्जनम् as the qualified noun)
TypeKṛdanta (past passive participle)
Root√जन् (जन) → जात (क्त) / प्रातिपदिक: जात
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिमवतस्of/from the Himavant (Himalaya)
हिमवतस्:
Apādāna (source, with परि: ‘from around/of’)
TypeNoun (proper/common)
Rootहिमवत्
परिfrom/around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adposition)
Rootपरि
यातून्sorcerers/demonic beings (yātus)
यातून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयातु
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (qualifier of यातून्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
जम्भयत्crushed/overpowered/struck down
जम्भयत्:
Kriyā (with अञ्जनम् as implied kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√जम्भ्
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यातुधान्यःfemale yātudhānīs (witches/demonesses)
यातुधान्यः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधानी
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic transmission (per Anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Añjana (as rakṣoghna dravya); adversaries: yātu, yātudhānī
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; confirm via Anukramaṇī)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira