Mantra 15

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तार्ष्टाघीरग्ने समिधः प्रति गृह्णाह्यर्चिषा । जहातु क्रव्याद् रूपं यो अस्य मांसं जिहीर्षति

IAST Transliteration

tārṣṭāghī́r agne samídhaḥ práti gṛhṇāhy arcíṣā | jahā́tu kravyā́d rūpáṃ yó asya māṃsáṃ jihī́rṣati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

These keen-smiting kindling-sticks, O Agni, take to thee with thy flame. Let the flesh-eater quit the form—whoso would fain seize this man’s flesh.

Translation

ਹੇ ਅਗਨੀ, ਇਹ ਤੀਖੇ ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਸਮਿਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਅਰਚਿਸ (ਜਵਾਲਾ) ਨਾਲ ਸਹਿਤ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਕਰ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ ਖੋਹਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਕ੍ਰਵਿਆਦ (ਮਾਸ-ਭੱਖੀ) ਆਪਣਾ ਰੂਪ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਦੂਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ।

Word by Word

• तार्ष्टाघीः: O Tārṣṭāghī (a specific epithet/name of Agni)
• तार्ष्टाघीः: सम्बोधन (हे-अर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार्ष्टाघी- (प्रातिपदिक; अग्निविशेष-विशेषण/नाम)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-

• समिधः: fuel-sticks, kindling
• समिधः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध्-

• प्रति: towards, in response; (here) ‘take/accept’
• प्रति: (क्रियाविशेषण; दिशाबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• गृह्णाहि: take, accept
• गृह्णाहि: (क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्/अग्निः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)

• अर्चिषा: with (your) flame
• अर्चिषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चिस्-

• जहातु: let (him/it) abandon, leave
• जहातु: (क्रिया; कर्ता = क्रव्याद्/यः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (जहाति)

• क्रव्याद्: the flesh-eater (demon/ghoul)
• क्रव्याद्: कर्तृ (जहातु-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद्- (क्रवि + अद्; प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपम्: form, appearance
• रूपम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप-

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (जिहीर्षति-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम)

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्- (सर्वनाम)

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस-

• जिहीर्षति: desires to seize/carry off
• जिहीर्षति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (√हृ ‘to take away’) + सन् (जिहीर्ष-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as per hymn cluster)

Devata: Agni (as rakṣohā/kravyād-han)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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