Mantra 9

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जाग्रद्दुष्वप्न्यं स्वप्नेदुष्वप्न्यम्

IAST Transliteration

jāgrád duṣvápnyaṃ svápne duṣvápnyam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The evil dream in waking, the evil dream in sleep—(both alike I meet and counterwork).

Word by Word

• जाग्रत्: awake; waking
• जाग्रत्: विशेषण (कर्म/अधिकरण-सम्बद्धः; ‘दुष्वप्न्यम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जागृ (धातु) → जाग्रत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream; nightmare (harmful dreaming)
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: कर्म (निवार्य/अपहर्तव्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्-स्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दुष्’ उपसर्ग + स्वप्न्य ‘स्वप्न-सम्बद्ध’)

• स्वप्ने: in (a) dream
• स्वप्ने: अधिकरण (स्थान/अवसरः—‘स्वप्ने’ = in a dream)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream; nightmare
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: कर्म (पुनरुक्त्या बलवचनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sectional attribution uncertain).

Devata: Duṣvapnya (personified evil dream) as the adversary; implicitly protective deities invoked in adjacent verses.

Chandas: Irregular/fragmentary (not securely determinable from the excerpt).

Mantra Rasa

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