Mantra 24

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा ते मनो मासोर्माङ्गानां मा रसस्य ते । मा ते हास्त तन्वः१ किं चनेह

IAST Transliteration

mā́ te máno mā́ ásor mā́ṅgā́nāṃ mā́ rásasya te | mā́ te hāsta tanvàḥ kím canéhá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not thy mind be lost; let not thy vital breath, nor thy limbs, nor thy sap be lost. Let not aught of thy body fail thee here—no, not the least thing.

Word by Word

माdo not / may not

तेof you / your

मनःmind

माdo not / may not

सोःyou are

उर्माङ्गानाम्of the limbs/joints (ur-māṅga- = bodily members)

माdo not / may not

रसस्यof sap/essence; of vitality

तेof you / your

माdo not / may not

तेof you / your

हास्त(may you) not abandon/lose

तन्वःof (your) body

किम्what?

चनeven; at all; any

इहhere

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the funerary book (AV 18); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition for individual verses.

Devata: Protective apotropaic address to the deceased’s faculties (manas, asu, rasa) within the Pitṛ-rite frame

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV 18; this verse conforms to the funerary anuṣṭubh style)

Mantra Rasa

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