Mantra 18

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि तिष्ठध्वं मरुतो विक्ष्वि३छत गृभायत रक्षसः सं पिनष्टन। वयो ये भूत्वा पतयन्ति नक्तभिर्ये वा रिपो दधिरे देवे अध्वरे

IAST Transliteration

ví tiṣṭhadhvaṃ marúto vikhvícchata gṛbhā́yata rákṣasaḥ sám pinaṣṭana | váyo yé bhūtvā́ patáyanti naktábhir yé vā́ ripó dadhiré devé adhvaré ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Stand forth, O Maruts; scatter them abroad: seize ye the Rākṣasas, and crush them utterly—those who, becoming birds, fly in the nights, or those who, as deceiving foes, have set obstruction in the godward sacrifice.

Translation

Выступите, о Маруты; разметайте их повсюду. Схватите Рākṣасов и сокрушите их до конца — тех, что, став птицами, летают по ночам, и тех, что, как коварные враги, поставили преграду в божественном жертвоприношении (adhvara).

Word by Word

विapart, forth (as a preverb)

तिष्ठध्वम्stand up / take your stand

मरुतःO Maruts (storm-gods)

विapart, asunder

इक्ष्विच्छतseek out / look for (disperse and search)

गृभायतseize, grasp

रक्षसःthe demons / harmful spirits

सम्together, completely

पिनष्टनcrush, pound, smash

वयःbirds (lit. winged creatures)

येwho

भूत्वाhaving become

पतयन्तिthey fly

नक्तभिःby night(s), at night

येwho

वाor

रिपःenemies, hostile ones

दधिरेthey have placed / have set

देवेin/at the god (divine sphere)

अध्वरेin the sacrifice, in the rite

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)

Devata: Maruts (explicit)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in metrical index)

Mantra Rasa

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