Mantra 6

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

IAST Transliteration

yádi preyúr devapurā́ bráhma varmā́ṇi cakriré | tanūpā́naṃ paripā́ṇaṃ kṛṇvāná yád upociré sárvaṃ tád arásam kṛdhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If they have gone forth, those god-fortressed ones, and have wrought spell-armours—body-guard and all-around guard—whatsoever they have muttered thereon, make thou all that sapless, void of power.

Translation

ਜੇ ਉਹ ਅੱਗੇ ਨਿਕਲ ਗਏ ਹੋਣ—ਦੇਵ-ਕਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਵਾਲੇ—ਅਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ-ਵਰਮਾ (ਮੰਤ੍ਰ-ਕਵਚ) ਬਣਾਏ ਹੋਣ; ਦੇਹ-ਰੱਖਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਚੌਫੇਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕਵਚ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ, ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਉਹ ਜਪਦੇ/ਬੁੜਬੁੜਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ—ਹੇ (ਦੇਵ), ਉਹ ਸਭ ਤੂੰ ਨਿਰਸ, ਬੇਅਸਰ ਕਰ ਦੇ।

Word by Word

यदिif

प्रेयुःthey went forth / departed

देवपुराःthe divine strongholds / forts

ब्रह्मsacred power; holy spell

वर्माणिarmours; protections

चand

चक्रिरेthey have made / they fashioned

तनूपानम्body-guarding protection (lit. ‘body-drink/guard’)

परिपाणम्all-round guarding; complete protection

कृण्वानाःmaking; while making

यत्whatever (that which)

उपोचिरेthey have spoken/uttered (in addition/over it)

सर्वम्all

तत्that

अरसम्tasteless; sapless; ineffective

कृधिmake (it)!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras (verify in anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra implicitly as the countering power across the hymn; here the addressed agent is the ritual ‘thou’ (deity/power) who can make arasa

Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (verify; verse is longer with appended clause)

Mantra Rasa

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