Mantra 3

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् दुद्रोहिथ शेपिषे स्त्रियै पुंसे अचित्त्या । उन्मोचनप्रमोचने उभे वाचा वदामि ते

IAST Transliteration

yád dudróhitha śepíṣe striyái púṃse ácittyā | unmócanapramócané ubhé vācā́ vadāmi te ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou hast wrought offence in matters of the member—against woman or against man—through heedlessness: for unbinding and for full release I speak to thee the twofold spell with speech.

Translation

যদি অসাৱধানতাৰে তুমি লিঙ্গ-সম্বন্ধীয় বিষয়ে অপৰাধ কৰিছা—স্ত্ৰীৰ প্ৰতি বা পুৰুষৰ প্ৰতি—মুক্ত কৰিবলৈ আৰু সম্পূৰ্ণ মুক্তিৰ বাবে, মই তোমাক বাক্যৰে দুয়োটা মন্ত্ৰ উচ্চাৰণ কৰোঁ।

Word by Word

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुद्रोहिथ: you have harmed / you have been hostile
• दुद्रोहिथ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रुह् (धातु)

• शेपिषे: you have cursed / you have uttered a curse
• शेपिषे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) / ‘शेप्’ (वैदिक-रूप)

• स्त्रियै: to/for a woman
• स्त्रियै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुंसे: to/for a man
• पुंसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचित्त्या: through thoughtlessness / unintentionally
• अचित्त्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + चित्ति ‘thought, intention’)

• उन्मोचन: in/for the untying, release
• उन्मोचन: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मोचन (प्रातिपदिक; उन्मुच्-धातोः कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• प्रमोचने: in/for the loosening, freeing
• प्रमोचने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमोचन (प्रातिपदिक; प्र- + मुच्-धातोः कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• उभे: both
• उभे: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचा: with speech / by words
• वाचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदामि: I speak / I declare
• वदामि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Release (mokṣa/unmocana) effected by Vāc; implicitly connected to Varuṇa-like notions of offence/bond though not named

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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