Mantra 3

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निरितो मृत्युं निरृतिं निररातिमजामसि । यो नो द्वेष्टि तमद्ध्यग्ने अक्रव्याद् यमु द्विष्मस्तमु ते प्र सुवामसि

IAST Transliteration

nír itó mṛtyúṁ nírṛtiṁ nír arā́tim ajāmasi | yó no dvéṣṭi tám áddhy agne ákravyād yám u dvíṣmas tám u té prá suvāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From hence we drive away Death; we drive away Nirṛti; we drive away hostile ill. Whoso hateth us—him, O Agni, devour, thou that art no flesh-eater; and whom we in turn do hate, him verily to thee we send forth.

Word by Word

निरितःfrom Nirṛti (the goddess of destruction/misfortune)

मृत्युम्death

निरृतिम्Nirṛti; ruin, calamity

निररातिम्hostility; harm; enmity

अजामसिwe drive away; we remove

यःwho (he who)

नःto/for us; our

द्वेष्टिhates

तम्him

अद्धिeat! devour!

अग्नेO Agni

अक्रव्याद्the non-flesh-eater (a class of fire/Agni)

यम्whom

उindeed; and

द्विष्मःwe hate

तम्him

उindeed; and

तेto/for you

प्रforth; forward

सुवामसिwe set in motion; we impel/hand over (to you)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 12.2 broadly; specific verse-level r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Agni (as purifier and consumer), with implicit opposition to Mṛtyu and Nirṛti

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV domestic/apotropaic verses; exact scansion may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

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