Mantra 3

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदुवक्थानृतं जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु। राज्ञस्त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणादहम्

IAST Transliteration

yád uvákthā́nṛtaṃ jihváyā vr̥jináṃ bahú | rā́jñas tvā satyádharmāṇo muñcā́mi váruṇād ahám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What falsehood thou hast uttered with the tongue—much crooked sin—therefrom, from Varuṇa whose ordinance is Truth, from the King’s (claim), I loose thee; I set thee free.

Word by Word

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

• उवक्था: hymns/utterances (praises)
• उवक्था: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उवक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनृतम्: untruth, falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिह्वया: with the tongue
• जिह्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृजिनम्: wrongdoing, sin
• वृजिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहु: much, many
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यधर्मणः: of (him) whose law is truth / the truth-ordained
• सत्यधर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सत्यधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: सत्य + धर्मन्)

• मुञ्चामि: I release
• मुञ्चामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) मुक्तौ

• वरुणात्: from Varuṇa
• वरुणात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within the AV corpus to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; precise r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Varuṇa (as satyadharman, binder and releaser through rite).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas; the transmitted text shows a danda break consistent with anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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