Atharva Veda 7.65.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 65, Mantra 2

Sukta 65

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् दु॑ष्कृ॒तं यच्छम॑लं॒ यद् वा चेरि॒म पा॒पया॑ । त्वया॒ तद् वि॑श्वतोमु॒खापा॑मा॒र्गाप॑ मृज्महे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.65.2

IAST Transliteration

yád duṣkṛtáṃ yác chamálaṃ yád vā́ cerím pāpáyā | tváyā tád viśvatomukhā́pāmārgā́pa mṛjmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What ill we have done, what stain there is, or what in evil wise we have practised—by thee, O Apāmārga of faces turned to every side, from that we cleanse us wholly away.

Translation

ما ارتكبناه من سوء، وما كان من دَنَس، أو ما مارسناه على وجهٍ شرير—بك أنتَ، يا أپامارغا ذو الوجوه المتجهة إلى كلِّ ناحية، نُطهِّرُ أنفسَنا منه تطهيرًا تامًّا.

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Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed, wrongdoing
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + कृत, कृ-धातु से)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शमलम्: stain, impurity, sin
• शमलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमल (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• चेरिम: I/one has done/committed (has acted)
• चेरिम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु) → चेरिम् (लिट्/परिपूर्ण-भूत; 1पु., एक.)

• पापया: by/with evil (wickedly)
• पापया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (instrumental used adverbially)
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वया: by you, through you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that (all that)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वतोमुखात्: from every side/front (lit. from all-faced)
• विश्वतोमुखात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (ablative used adverbially)
• Root: विश्वतोमुख (प्रातिपदिक; विश्वतः + मुख)

• अपामार्गात्: from/with apāmārga (the herb Achyranthes aspera)
• अपामार्गात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/वनस्पति-नाम)

• मृज्महे: we wipe off, we cleanse
• मृज्महे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna