Mantra 9

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणेन प्राणतां प्राणेहैव भव मा मृथाः । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

IAST Transliteration

prāṇéna prāṇatā́ṃ prā́ṇa iháiva bhava má mṛthāḥ | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmanā ví yákṣmeṇa samā́yuṣā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With vital breath (I strengthen thee) among the breathing: O Breath, abide thou here indeed; die not. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) with a full term of life.

Word by Word

• प्राणेन: by/with the vital breath
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणताम्: let them breathe / let them live
• प्राणताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अण् (धातु: अण्/अन् ‘to breathe, live’; caus./denom. sense ‘to be alive/breathe’)

• प्राण: O Prāṇa (vital breath)
• प्राण: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• भव: be (present)
• भव: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मृथाः: die
• मृथाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु ‘to die’)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• सर्वेण: with all (entire)
• सर्वेण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप्मना: with sin/evil
• पाप्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यक्ष्मेण: with disease/consumption (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• समायुṣा: with full lifespan / with complete longevity
• समायुṣा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: समायुṣ्/समायुṣ (प्रातिपदिक: ‘full life-span’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (anukramaṇī attribution varies).

Devata: Prāṇa (primary), with yakṣma as adversary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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