Mantra 11

Rishi: Traditionally assigned within the Agni-hymn lineage (Āṅgirasa/Agneya complex); in Śukla-Yajurveda praxis often treated as ‘mantra of the Adhvaryu’ without a single r̥ṣi emphasis.

Devata: Agni (as protector/warder-off of hostility).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed, as typical of many Agni-protective formulas in ritual collections).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रति॒ स्पशो॒ वि सृ॑ज॒ तूर्णि॑तमो॒ भवा॑ पा॒युर्वि॒शो अ॒स्या अद॑ब्धः । यो नो॑ दू॒रे अ॒घश॑ᳪसो॒ यो अन्त्यग्ने॒ मा कि॑ष्टे॒ व्यथि॒रा द॑धर्षीत्

Transliteration

práti spaśó ví sṛja tū́rṇitamo bhavā pāyúrvíśo asyā́ adabdhaḥ | yó no dūré aghaśáṃso yó ánty agne mā́ kíṣṭe vyáthirā́ dadharṣīt

Translation

Drive thou back the spies; disperse them: be thou the swiftest; be the unbeguiled protector of this folk. Whoso maligneth us from far, or whoso is nigh, O Agni—let none that would unsettle us dare to assail thee.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

प्रति । स्पशः । वि । सृज । तूर्णितमः । भव । पायुः । विशः । अस्याः । अदब्धः । यः । नः । दूरे । अघशंसः । यः । अन्ति । अग्ने । मा । किष्टे । व्यथिराः । दधर्षीत्

Word by Word

प्रतिtowards; against

स्पशःspies; watchers

विapart; asunder; forth

सृजrelease; drive away

तूर्णितमःmost swift

भवbecome; be

पायुःa protector; guardian

विशःof the people/clan

अस्याःof this (woman/this one)

अदब्धःundeceived; uninjured; unassailable

यःwho

नःof us; our

दूरेfar away

अघशंसःthe evil-speaker; malicious one

यःwho

अन्तिnear

अग्नेO Agni

माdo not

किष्टेto anyone (at all)

व्यथिराःharassers; disturbers

दधर्षीत्may (he) not assail / did not assail

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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