Mantra 25

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्देवेभ्यो असुरक्षितिम्। स मायं मणिरागमन्मधोर्घृतस्य धारया कीलालेन मणिः सह

IAST Transliteration

yám abadʰnād bṛ́haspátir devébhyo ásura-kṣitim | sá māyáṃ maṇír ā́gaman mádʰor gʰṛtásya dʰā́rayā kīlā́lena maṇíḥ sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom Bṛhaspati bound on for the Gods, (to win) the Asura’s stronghold—this Jewel came hither with its wondrous power, with honey, with a stream of ghee, together with kīlāla, the Jewel (itself) accompanying.

Translation

婆罗诃斯波提为诸天缚定了那一位，以夺取阿修罗的坚固堡垒——这枚摩尼宝珠携其奇妙的幻力来到此处；并与蜂蜜同来，与酥油之流同来，并与kīlāla同来——摩尼宝珠自随而至。

Word by Word

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अबध्नात्: bound, fastened
• अबध्नात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/title)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरक्षितिम्: the Asura-dominion/Asura-held realm
• असुरक्षितिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर-क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मायाम्: magic, illusion, occult power
• मायाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: the amulet/gem
• मणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगमत्: came, arrived
• आगमत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (आ-गम्)

• मधोः: of honey/sweetness
• मधोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतस्य: of ghee
• घृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारया: with a stream/flow
• धारया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• कीलालेन: with sweet drink/fermented juice (kīlāla)
• कीलालेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: the amulet/gem
• मणिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: (सह-सम्बन्धः/सहचर्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (maṇi hymn complex).

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Madhu/Ghṛta as auspicious powers (secondary).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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