Mantra 17

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि प्रेयुर्देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे। तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यदुपोचिरे सर्वं तदरसं कृधि

IAST Transliteration

yádi préyur devapurā́ bráhma varmā́ṇi cakriré | tanūpā́naṃ paripā́ṇaṃ kṛṇvāṇā́ yád upóciré sárvaṃ tád arásaṃ kṛdhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If they should march, with ‘divine strongholds,’ having made armours by spell—body-guard and all-around guard—whatsoever they have muttered over: make thou all that sapless, void of virtue.

Translation

Nếu chúng xuất quân, với “thành lũy thần linh,” đã tạo áo giáp bằng thần chú—hộ thân và hộ vệ bốn phía—bất cứ điều gì chúng đã lầm rầm yểm lên; xin hãy làm cho tất cả điều ấy trở nên nhạt lực, vô hiệu, mất linh.

Word by Word

यदिif

प्रेयुःthey have gone forth / departed

देवपुराःthe divine strongholds/citadels

ब्रह्मbrahman; sacred power/spell

वर्माणिarmours; protective coverings

चक्रिरेthey have made / fashioned

तनूपानम्body-protector; protection of the person

परिपाणम्all-round guarding; complete protection

कृण्वानाःmaking; while fashioning

यत्whatever (that which)

उपोचिरेthey have uttered/recited (in addition); they have spoken

सर्वम्all; the whole

तत्that

अरसम्tasteless; sapless; devoid of essence

कृधिmake (you)!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Brahman (spell-power) as the contested medium; implicit divine backing of the Atharvan counter-spell

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; with Atharvanic expansion)

Mantra Rasa

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