Mantra 6

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वं हि विश्वतोमुख विश्वतः परिभूरसि । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

IAST Transliteration

tváṃ hí viśvatomukha viśvátaḥ paribhū́r ási | ápa naḥ śóśucat aghám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For thou, O All-faced, art the overmasterer on every side: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• विश्वतोमुख: O all-faced (facing every side)
• विश्वतोमुख: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: विश्वतो-मुख (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘having faces on all sides’)

• विश्वतः: on all sides/from everywhere
• विश्वतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वतः (अव्यय; ‘from/on all sides’)

• परिभूः: (he) surpasses/overcomes (all around)
• परिभूः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भू (धातु: √भू ‘to be, become’; उपसर्ग: परि)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भूवादि; ‘to be’)

• अप: away/off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शोशुचत्: let it burn away / let it be consumed
• शोशुचत्: —
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form)
• Root: √शुच् (दिवादि; ‘to shine, be bright; to burn, be purified’)

• अघम्: evil/sin/harm
• अघम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition varies; treated as Atharvanic protective speech)

Devata: Viśvatomukha protective power (often interpreted as a guardian/deity-form of universal protection; sometimes assimilated to Agni/Indra-like overmastering force in exegesis)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas; refrain-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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