Mantra 14

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निर्वै नः पदवायः सोमो दायाद उच्यते । हन्ताभिशस्तेन्द्रस्तथा तद् वेधसो विदुः

IAST Transliteration

agnír vái naḥ padavā́yaḥ sómo dāyā́da ucyate | hántā́bhiśasté índras táthā tád vedháso vidúḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Agni, forsooth, is our guide upon the path; Soma is called the heir and rightful claimant. Indra is the slayer of the imprecation: thus have the wise ordainers known that truth.

Translation

அக்னியே நிச்சயமாக எங்கள் பாதை வழிகாட்டி; சோமன் ‘தாயாத’—உரிமைமிக்க வாரிசும் நீதியான உரிமையாளனும்—என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறான். இந்திரன் அபிசாபம் (அபிஷஸ்தி) அழிப்பவன்; இவ்வுண்மையை விதியை அமைக்கும் ஞானிகள் (வேதஸ்) அறிந்துள்ளனர்.

Word by Word

अग्निःAgni (fire-god)

वैindeed, surely

नःof us / our

पदवायःpath-maker / guide (lit. ‘one who makes a path’)

सोमःSoma

दायात्may give

उच्यतेis called / is said

हन्ताslayer, destroyer

अभिशस्तcurse, imprecation

इन्द्रःIndra

तथाthus, so

तत्that

वेधसःthe wise/seers (the knowing ones)

विदुःknow

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (protective triad formula)

Devata: Agni, Soma, Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires syllable count confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

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