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Mantra 1

Sukta 84

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निर्ऋतिमोचनम्। यस्यास्त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्येषां बद्धानामवसर्जनाय कम्। भूमिरिति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निरृतिरिति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः

IAST Transliteration

nírṛti-mócanaṃ | yásyās te ā́sani ghóre juhómy eṣā́ṃ baddhā́nām avasárjanāya kám | bhū́mir íti tvā́bhi-prá-manvate jánā nírṛtir íti tvā́háṃ pári véda sárvataḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A loosening from Nirṛti. On thy dreadful seat I offer, for the releasing of these that are bound. ‘Earth,’ so men conceive and name thee; ‘Nirṛti,’ so I, on every side, know thee.

Translation

নিরৃতি-বন্ধন থেকে মুক্তি। তোমার ভয়ংকর আসনে আমি হোম অর্পণ করি—যারা বাঁধা, তাদের বন্ধন ছাড়ানোর জন্য, পাশ-বন্ধনের বিসর্জনের জন্য। ‘ভূমি’—এভাবেই লোকেরা তোমাকে বোঝে ও নামে ডাকে; ‘নিরৃতি’—এভাবেই আমি তোমাকে সর্বদিক থেকে জানি।

Word by Word

यस्यान्of whom / whose

तेto you / for you

आसनिin the seat / on the sitting-place

घोरेterrible, dreadful

जुहोमिI offer (into fire), I sacrifice

एषाम्of these

बद्धानाम्of the bound (ones)

अवसर्जनायfor releasing, for letting go

कम्whom?/what? (interrogative object)

भूमिःEarth

इतिthus, ‘as’ (quotative)

त्वाyou

अभिप्रमन्वतेthey consider/recognize (you) as

जनाःpeople

निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of dissolution/misfortune)

इतिthus, ‘as’

त्वाyou

अहम्I

परिaround, all about

वेदknows

सर्वतःfrom all sides, entirely

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Nirṛti (and implicitly Bhūmi as the receiving/covering power)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic anuṣṭubh tendency (long pādas; AV style)

Mantra Rasa

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