Mantra 3

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रायध्वं नो अघविषाभ्यो वधाद् विश्वे देवा मरुतो विश्ववेदसः । अग्नीषोमा वरुणः पूतदक्षा वातापर्जन्ययोः सुमतौ स्याम

IAST Transliteration

trā́yadhvam no agháviṣābhyo vadhā́d víśve devā marúto viśvavédasaḥ | agnī́ṣómā váruṇaḥ pūtádakṣā vātā́parjanyáyoḥ sumatáu syā́ma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Protect us from the evil-venomed, from the stroke of death—O all ye Gods, O Maruts all-knowing. With Agni-Soma, with Varuṇa of purified might, in the gracious favour of Vāta and Parjanya may we abide.

Translation

احمونا من ذوي السُّمّ الخبيث، ومن ضربة الموت—يا جميع الآلهة، يا مَرُوت العارفين بكلّ شيء. ومع أَغني-سُوما، ومع فَرونا ذي القوّة المطهَّرة، لِنَكُن في حُسنِ رِضا فاتا وبارجَنيا.

Word by Word

• त्रायध्वम्: protect (you all)!
• त्रायध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रै (त्राणे)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अघविषाभ्यः: from the evil-poisonous (ones/things)
• अघविषाभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघविष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधात्: from slaughter/violent harm
• वधात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुतः: Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्ववेदसः: all-knowing (ones)
• विश्ववेदसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: विश्ववेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नीषोमा: Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity)
• Root: अग्नीषोम (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: अग्नि+सोम)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूतदक्षाः: of purified power/skill
• पूतदक्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूतदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक: पूत+दक्ष)

• वातापर्जन्ययोः: of Vāta and Parjanya
• वातापर्जन्ययोः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual)
• Root: वातापर्जन्य (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: वात+पर्जन्य)

• सुमतौ: in (their) good favor/good thought
• सुमतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as transmitted in AV ancillary indices)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ; Maruts; Agni-Soma; Varuṇa; Vāta and Parjanya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic flexibility in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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