Mantra 5

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्यशृङ्ग ऋषभः शातवारो अयं मणिः । दुर्णाम्नः सर्वांस्तृड्ढ्वाव रक्षांस्यक्रमीत्

IAST Transliteration

híraṇya-śṛṅgo ṛṣabháḥ śātavā́ro ayáṃ maṇíḥ | durṇā́mnaḥ sárvāṃs tṛḍḍhvā́va rákṣāṃsy akramīt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Golden-horned, bull-like, hundred-warding is this amulet: having crushed all the ill-named, it hath strode down and away over the Rākṣasas.

Translation

பொன்-கொம்புடைய, காளைபோன்ற, நூறு-முறைத் தடுக்கும் (நூறு-காவல்) இந்த மணி. ‘துர்நாம’ எனப்படும் தீயபெயருடைய அனைத்தையும் நசுக்கி, ராக்ஷஸ சக்திகளை மிதித்து அகற்றி விட்டது.

Word by Word

हिरण्यशृङ्गःgolden-horned

ऋषभःthe bull (mighty one)

शातवारःhaving a hundred protections/wards

अयम्this

मणिःamulet, jewel

दुर्णाम्नःof ill-name/evil repute (i.e., of the evil-named one)

सर्वान्all

तृड्ढ्वान्piercing/biting (harmful)

रक्षांसिdemons, harmful spirits

अक्रमीत्stepped over/overcame

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (amulet hymn)

Devata: Maṇi (as protective power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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