Mantra 21

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूतं ब्रूमो भूतपतिं भूतानामुत यो वशी। भूतानि सर्वा संगत्य ते नो मुञ्चन्त्वंहसः

IAST Transliteration

bhūtáṃ brū́mo bhūtapátiṃ bhūtā́nām utá yó vaśī́ | bhūtā́ni sárvā saṃgátya té no muñcántv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We utter forth the Bhūta, and the Lord of Bhūtas—he who is their master. Let all the Bhūtas, assembled, release us from distress and sin.

Word by Word

• भूतम्: the being(s); the existent (as object of ‘we speak/declare’)
• भूतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• ब्रूमः: we speak; we declare
• ब्रूमः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रवीति)

• भूतपतिम्: the lord of beings
• भूतपतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतपति (भूत + पति) प्रातिपदिक

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वशी: the controller; the one who has power
• वशी: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतानि: beings
• भूतानि: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• संगत्य: having come together; assembling
• संगत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: सम् + √गम् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)

• ते: they
• ते: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; from us (our)
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्चन्तु: let them release; may they free
• मुञ्चन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्

• अंहसः: from distress/sin; from harm
• अंहसः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)

Devata: Bhūta and Bhūtapati (lord of beings/spirits; sometimes conceptually aligned with Rudra/Īśāna in later interpretation)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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