Mantra 49

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यावतीः कृत्या उपवासने यावन्तो राज्ञो वरुणस्य पाशाः । व्यृद्धयो या असमृद्धयो या अस्मिन् ता स्थाणावधि सादयामि

IAST Transliteration

yā́vatīḥ kṛtyā́ upavā́sane yā́vanto rā́jño váruṇasya pā́śāḥ | vyṛ́ddhayo yā́ asamṛ́ddhayo yā́ asmín tā́ sthāṇā́v ádhi sādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What sorceries soever are within the dwelling, what nooses of king Varuṇa there be—what failures, what prosperless states are herein, those do I cause to settle down upon the stump.

Word by Word

यावतीःas many (as)

कृत्याःwitchcrafts, harmful spells

उपवासनेin/at the fasting (rite), during observance

यावन्तःas many (as)

राज्ञःof the king

वरुणस्यof Varuṇa

पाशाःnooses, bonds

व्यृद्धयःprosperities, increases

याःwhich

असमृद्धयःnon-prosperities, failures

याःwhich

अस्मिन्in this (person/thing), here

ताःthose (all those)

स्थाणौon/at the stump, post

अधिupon, on

सादयामिI cause to sit down; I settle/lay down (i.e., fix/fasten)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic wedding-hymn tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Varuṇa (as royal binder) and the apotropaic act of deposition

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late Atharvanic domestic meter)

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"vira","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_arc":"From threat inventory to confident neutralization and calm.","listener_experience":"Empowerment—‘nothing is left unaddressed’—followed by relief.","intensity":6}