Mantra 16

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो मायातुं यातुधानेत्याह यो वा रक्षाः शुचिरस्मीत्याह । इन्द्रस्तं हन्तु महता वधेन विश्वस्य जन्तोरधमस्पदीष्ट

IAST Transliteration

yó mā yātúṃ yātudhā́nety ā́ha yó vā rákṣāḥ śúcir asmī́ty ā́ha | índras táṃ hantu mahatā́ vadhéna víśvasya jántor adhamáḥ padīṣṭa ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso of me proclaimeth, ‘He is sorcery, a Yātudhāna,’ or whoso, being Rakṣas, saith, ‘I am pure’—May Indra smite that man with mighty slaughter-stroke, and may he take the lowest footing among all living men.

Translation

ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਕਹੇ ਕਿ ‘ਇਹ ਮਾਯਾਤੁ (ਜਾਦੂਗਰ) ਹੈ, ਯਾਤੁਧਾਨ ਹੈ,’ ਜਾਂ ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਸ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਵੀ ਕਹੇ ਕਿ ‘ਮੈਂ ਸ਼ੁਚਿ (ਪਵਿੱਤਰ) ਹਾਂ’—ਇੰਦਰ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਹਾਨ ਵਧ-ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਮਾਰੇ; ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਉਹ ਅਧਮ ਥਾਂ, ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੀਵਾਂ ਪੈਰ ਪਾਏ।

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

मायातुम्a sorcerer, one who works magic

यातुधानa demon, witch, harmful spirit

इतिthus (quotative)

आहsaid

यःwho (or who)

वाor

रक्षाःa demon, evil spirit (rakṣas)

शुचिःpure

अस्मिI am

इतिthus

आहsaid

इन्द्रःIndra

तम्him

हन्तुlet (him) slay

महताwith great

वधेनwith a blow, with slaughter

विश्वस्यof all

जन्तोःof the creature

अधमlowest, down

अस्पदीष्टhas gone/has fallen (to a footing), has stepped

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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