Sanskrit Text

चक्षु॑षो हेते॒ मन॑सो हेते। वाचो॑ हेते॒ ब्रह्म॑णो हेते। यो मा॑ऽघायु॒र॑भिदा॑सति। तम॑ग्ने मे॒न्याऽमे॑निं कृणु। यो मा॒ चक्षु॑षा॒ यो मन॑सा। यो वा॒चा ब्रह्म॑णाघा॒युर॑भिदा॑सति। तया॑ऽग्ने॒ त्वं मे॒न्या। अ॒मुममे॑निं कृणु। यत्किञ्चा॒सौ मन॑सा॒ यच्च॑ वा॒चा। य॒ज्ञैर्जु॒होति॒ यजु॑षा ह॒विर्भि॑: ॥ 48 ॥

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IAST Transliteration

cakṣuṣo hete manaso hete | vāco hete brahmaṇo hete | yo mā’ghāyur abhidāsati | tam agne menyā’meniṃ kṛṇu | yo mā cakṣuṣā yo manasā | yo vācā brahmaṇāghāyur abhidāsati | tayā’gne tvaṃ menyā | amum ameniṃ kṛṇu | yat kiñcāsau manasā yac ca vācā | yajñair juhoti yajuṣā havirbhiḥ || 48 ||

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Word-by-Word Meaning

• चक्षुषः हेते (cakṣuṣaḥ hete): O missile / weapon of the eye
• मनसः हेते (manasaḥ hete): O missile / weapon of the mind
• वाचः हेते (vācaḥ hete): O missile / weapon of speech
• ब्रह्मणः हेते (brahmaṇaḥ hete): O missile / weapon of the sacred formula / prayer
• यः (yaḥ): He who
• मा (mā): against me
• अघायुः (aghāyuḥ): having harmful intent / wishing evil
• अभिदासति (abhidāsati): attacks / seeks to harm / assails
• तम् (tam): him
• अग्ने (agne): O Agni
• मेन्या (menyā): with the counter-missile / wrathful weapon
• अमेनिम् (amenim): weaponless / powerless / devoid of force
• कृणु (kṛṇu): make (render)
• यः मा चक्षुषा (yaḥ mā cakṣuṣā): He who [attacks] me through the eye (evil look/sight)
• यः मनसा (yaḥ manasā): he who [attacks me] through the mind (malicious thought)
• यः वाचा (yaḥ vācā): he who [attacks me] through speech (curses/incantations)
• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā): through hostile sacred incantations
• अघायुः अभिदासति (aghāyuḥ abhidāsati): intending evil, assails [me]
• तया (tayā): with that
• अग्ने त्वं मेन्या (agne tvaṃ menyā): O Agni, you, with your defensive weapon/wrath
• अमुम् (amum): that adversary
• अमेनिम् कृणु (amenim kṛṇu): render weaponless / neutralize completely
• यत् किञ्च (yat kiñca): Whatever
• असौ (asau): that enemy
• मनसा (manasā): through the mind
• यत् च वाचा (yat ca vācā): and whatever through speech
• यज्ञैः (yajñaiḥ): through sacrifices
• जुहोति (juhoti): offers in oblation
• यजुषा (yajuṣā): through Yajus formulas
• हविर्भिः (havirbhiḥ): through sacrificial offerings

(Note: The syntactic thought of verse 48 naturally completes in the opening of verse 49, where it asks that those sorcerous offerings be struck down by Death and Nirṛti before fruition).

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Summary Meaning

“O missile of the eye! O missile of the mind! O missile of speech! O missile of the sacred incantation! Whosoever harbors malice and assails me, render him weaponless and powerless, O Agni, with your counter-weapon.

Whosoever seeks to harm me through evil gaze, malicious thoughts, hostile speech, or sorcerous incantations—with your counter-missile, O Agni, disarm that enemy and strip away all his power.

Whatever harmful rite that person performs with his mind, utters with his speech, or seeks to execute through Yajus formulas, sacrifices, and oblations—render it utterly ineffective.”