Mantra 27

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमत् तेजसा त्विष्या सह यशसा कीर्त्याऽ सह

IAST Transliteration

yám abadhnā́d bṛ́haspátir devébhyo asúra-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gamat téjasā́ tvíṣyā sahá yáśasā kīrtyā́ sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound fast for the Gods—the Asura’s strong domain—thence came the Jewel, the Māyā, endowed with fiery might, with flashing splendour, with fame, with glory joined.

Translation

यं बृहस्पतिर् देवेभ्योऽबध्नाद् असुरक्षितिम्। स तस्मात् मणिर् माया आगमत्—तेजसा त्विष्या सह, यशसा कीर्त्या च सह।

Word by Word

यम्whom/which

अबध्नात्bound, fastened

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati

देवेभ्यःfor the gods

असुरक्षितिम्the Asura-dominion / Asura-protection (as an entity)

सःhe

मायाम्magic, illusion, power

मणिःthe jewel/amulet

आगमत्came, arrived

तेजसाwith brilliance, with fiery energy

त्विष्याwith radiance, splendor

सहtogether with

यशसाwith fame, with glory

कीर्त्याwith renown

सहtogether with

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to the Mani; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Maṇi (personified amulet-power) with Bṛhaspati as enabling divine priestly force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; metrical exactness may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

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