Mantra 64

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथायाद् यमसादनात् पापलोकान् परावतः

IAST Transliteration

yáthāyā́d yama-sā́danāt pā́pa-lokā́n parā́vataḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So may he fare away—from Yama’s seat—unto the sinful worlds, the regions far remote.

Translation

وهكذا فليَمْضِ بعيدًا—عن مَقْعَدِ يَما (Yama)—إلى عوالمِ الإثم، إلى النواحي البعيدة جدًّا.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• आयात्: let (him/it) come; may (he/it) come
• आयात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• यमसादनात्: from Yama’s abode (seat/dwelling of Yama)
• यमसादनात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-सादन (प्रातिपदिक)

• पापलोकान्: sinful worlds/realms
• पापलोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• परावतः: from afar; far away
• परावतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परावत् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘far away’)

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 12.5 anukramaṇī tradition

Devata: Yama (as destination/judge) and the punitive ‘pāpa-lokas’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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