Mantra 2

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्या३दथो वरुण्याऽदुत। अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात्

IAST Transliteration

muñcántu mā śapathyā̀d átho varuṇyā̀d utá | átho yámasya padvī́śād víśvasmād devakílbiṣāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let them release me from the oath-born curse, and also from Varuṇa’s (penalty), and further from Yama’s snare—yea, from every divine transgression.

Translation

Mögen sie mich lösen vom fluchgeborenen Bann des Eides, auch von Varuṇas Strafe, und ferner von Yamas Schlinge — ja, von jeder göttlichen Verfehlung.

Word by Word

मुञ्चन्तुlet (them) release

माme

शपथ्यात्from (the) oath-curse / perjury

अथोand also / moreover

वरुण्यात्from (the) Varuṇa-curse / sin against Varuṇa

उतand / also

अथोand also

यमस्यof Yama

पड्वीशात्from the lord of the path (i.e., Yama as guide of the dead)

विश्वस्मात्from every / from all

देवकिल्बिषात्from divine guilt/sin (offence against the gods)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Oṣadhis as liberators; Varuṇa and Yama as feared bond-holders (invoked as sources of constraint to be averted)

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh; requires full metrical audit.

Mantra Rasa

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