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Mantra 8

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional White Yajurveda attribution; specific r̥ṣi assignment varies by ancillary tradition)
Devata: Agni (as vahni, the divine conveyor; also the apotropaic ‘dhūḥ’ principle)
Chandas: Yajus (prose formula; not a fixed metrical chandas)

धूर॑सि॒ धूर्व॒ धूर्व॑न्तं॒ धूर्व॒ तं यो॒ऽस्मान्धूर्व॑ति॒ तं धू॑र्व॒ यं व॒यं धूर्वा॑मः । दे॒वाना॑मसि॒ वह्नि॑तम॒ᳪ सस्नि॑तमं॒ पप्रि॑तमं॒ जुष्ट॑तमं देव॒हूत॑मम्

dhū́r asi | dhūrva | dhū́rvantaṃ dhūrva | taṃ yó ’smā́n dhū́rvati taṃ dhū́rva | yaṃ vayáṃ dhūrvā́maḥ | devā́nām asi váhnitamaṃ sasnitamaṃ papritamaṃ júṣṭatamaṃ devahū́tatamam ||

ท่านคือควัน (ธูร) จงขับไล่เถิด จงขับไล่! จงขับไล่ผู้รุกราน; จงขับไล่ผู้ที่รุกรานเรา; จงขับไล่ผู้นั้นซึ่งเราขับไล่. ท่านคือผู้นำพาอันประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่เทพทั้งหลาย ผู้บริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง ผู้เติมเต็มยิ่ง ผู้เป็นที่พอพระทัยยิ่ง ผู้ถูกอัญเชิญยิ่งในหมู่เทพทั้งหลาย.

धूः असि । धूर्व । धूर्वन्तम् धूर्व । तम् यः । अस्मान् धूर्वति । तम् धूर्व । यम् वयम् धूर्वामः । देवानाम् असि । वह्नितमम् । सस्नितमम् । पप्रितमम् । जुष्टतमम् । देवहूततमम् ।

धूः(thou art) a shaker/agitator
धूः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधूः (प्रातिपदिक) / धू (धातु)
असिart
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
धूर्वshake/drive away!
धूर्व:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु; caus./intens. sense ‘to shake, drive away, harass’)
धूर्वshake/drive away!
धूर्व:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु)
अन्तम्the end / the one at the end
अन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
धूर्वshake/drive away!
धूर्व:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु)
तम्him/that one
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धूर्वतिshakes/harasses
धूर्वति:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धूर्वshake/drive away!
धूर्व:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धूर्वामःshake/harass (drive away)
धूर्वामः:
TypeVerb
Rootधूर्व् (धातु)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
असिart
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
वह्नितमम्most conveying/bearing (best carrier)
वह्नितमम्:
Karma (स्तुत्यर्थे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
सस्नितमम्most well-armed / most equipped
सस्नितमम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसस्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-armed/with weapons’, lit. ‘with whet/edge’)
पप्रितमम्most filling/pervading (most protective)
पप्रितमम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपप्रि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘most filling/pervading/protecting’—traditional epithet)
जुष्टतमम्most pleasing / most favored
जुष्टतमम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootजुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जुष् ‘to be pleased, to favor’)
देवहूततमम्most invoked by the gods / most god-invoked
देवहूततमम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवहूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; देव + हूत, √ह्वा/हू ‘to call/invoke’)
A
Agni (Vahni)
D
Devas (collectively)