Mantra 3
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स नः स्वप्न दुष्वप्न्यात् पाहि
IAST Transliteration
táṃ tvā́ svápna tathā́ sáṃ vídma sá naḥ svapna duṣvápnyā́t pāhi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thee, O Dream, thus do we fully know; so, O Dream, from evil dreaming do thou guard us.
Word by Word
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep
स्वप्न:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
तथाthus/so
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
संविद्मwe know/recognize
संविद्म:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
सhe/that (one)
स:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us/our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep
स्वप्न:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
दुष्वप्न्यात्from evil dreaming/nightmare
दुष्वप्न्यात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun (abstract/collective) / Adjectival noun
Rootदुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दुष्’ + ‘स्वप्न’ + य-प्रत्यय)
पाहिprotect (us)
पाहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पा रक्षणे)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to Svapna; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)
Devata: Svapna (Dream), with implicit opposition to Duḥsvapnya (evil dream)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV apotropaic formulae; this verse functions as a refrain)
Mantra Rasa
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