Mantra 3

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुर्हार्दः संघोरं चक्षुः पापकृत्वानमागमम्। तांस्त्वं सहस्रचक्षो प्रतीबोधेन नाशय परिपाणोऽसि जङ्गिडः

IAST Transliteration

durhā́rdaḥ sáṃghoraṃ cákṣuḥ pāpa-kṛ́tvānam ā́gamam | tā́ṃs tváṃ sahasra-cakṣaḥ pratī-bodhéna nāśaya paripā́ṇo ’si jāṅgiḍáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The grievous, the most dreadful Eye, the evil-working that hath come upon (us)—those, O thousand-eyed, destroy by thy wakeful counter-guard: thou art the paripāṇa, O Jāṅgiḍa.

Word by Word

दुर्हार्दःhard to remove/repel

संघोरम्terrible, frightful

चक्षुःeye; (evil) glance

पापकृत्वानम्evil-doer, one who commits sin

आगमम्approach/coming; attack

तान्those (them)

त्वम्you

सहस्रचक्षोO thousand-eyed one

प्रतीबोधेनby (your) awakening/alertness; by counter-enlightenment

नाशयdestroy! drive away!

परिपाणःprotector/guardian (lit. ‘with hands around’, shielding)

असिyou are

जङ्गिडःJangida (a charm/amulet or healing power; also a demon/disease-name in AV usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa as paripāṇa; the ‘evil eye’ as adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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