Shloka 85
Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च
Devanagari script
अथर्वमसितं मन्त्रं कलाष्टकसमायुतम् अभिचारिकमत्यर्थं त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छुभाक्षरम्
Transliteration
atharvamasitaṃ mantraṃ kalāṣṭakasamāyutam abhicārikamatyarthaṃ trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram
Translation
Pagkaraan, binanggit niya ang isang madilim (asita) na mantrang Atharvan, na may kasamang walong kalā, lubhang makapangyarihan para sa abhicāra (ritwal ng pagpigil/pagtaboy), at binubuo ng tatlumpu’t tatlong mapalad na pantig.
Word by Word
atharvamAtharvanic/Veda of Atharva
atharvam:
asitamdark, fierce, formidable
asitam:
mantrammantra, sacred formula
mantram:
kalā-aṣṭaka-samāyutamendowed with an eightfold set of kalās (potencies/parts)
kalā-aṣṭaka-samāyutam:
abhicārikampertaining to abhicāra rites (coercive/warding ritual applications)
abhicārikam:
atyarthamexceedingly, intensely
atyartham:
trayastriṃśatthirty-three
trayastriṃśat:
śubhaauspicious
śubha:
akṣaramsyllable/imperishable letter
akṣaram:
trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaramconsisting of thirty-three auspicious syllables
trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a received teaching within the Purva-Bhaga mantra context)