Mantra 5

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महानग्न्यतृप्नद्वि मोक्रददस्थानासरन्। शक्तिकानना स्वचमशकं सक्तु पद्यम

IAST Transliteration

mahā́nagnī́ atṛpnad ví mókrad ádad sthā́nāni asaran | śaktikānanā́ svacám áśakam saktú padyám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mahānagnī was not appeased: she loosed them apart; she devoured, and their stations ran away. Amid the thicket of pointed stakes, sound-skinned, I was able—(with) parched meal, by measured step.

Translation

摩诃那格尼（Mahānagnī）不曾得满足；她使他们分散，吞噬之，而他们的立足之处也奔逃离散。于尖桩丛林之间，我以坚实之肤得以胜任——凭炒熟之粉（saktu），以量定之步而行。

Word by Word

महान्great

अग्निःAgni; fire

अतृप्नत्was not satisfied; did not become satiated

विapart; forth; intensifier

मोक्रत्released; let go

अदत्gave

अस्थानthey stood

आtowards; unto

असरन्they flowed; they moved

शक्तिकान्little spears/darts; (weapon-like) spikes

अननाnot-other; each one (as such)

स्वचम्bright; shining; clear

अशकम्(uncertain) a powerless/weak one; or a named object

सक्तुparched grain-flour; meal

पद्यम्(something) to be stepped on/foot-related; a step; (context uncertain)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/late compilation layer (AV 20 is largely Rigvedic/khila-associated; specific ṛṣi attribution not stable here)

Devata: Vanaspati/ritual agency; also the personified Mahānagnī as operative figure

Chandas: Mixed/late; approximates Anuṣṭubh-like cadence but not securely determinable from the transmitted text alone

Mantra Rasa

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