Mantra 7
Sukta 33
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
द्विषो नो विश्वतोमुखाति नावेव पारय । अप नः शोशुचदघम्
IAST Transliteration
dvíṣo no viśvatomukhā́ti nā́veva pā́raya | ápa naḥ śóśucat aghám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
From them that hate us, by the All-faced One, bear us across, as in a boat: scorch thou away from us the evil.
Word by Word
द्विषःof the hater / of the enemy
द्विषः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation to ‘मुखात्’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (धातु) → द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक ‘द्विष्/द्विष्-’ = शत्रु/द्वेष्टा)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वतःfrom every side / on all sides
विश्वतः:
अधिकारण (adverbial: direction/extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्ययीभाव/तसिल्)
मुखात्from the mouth / from the face
मुखात्:
अपादान (source: ‘from the mouth/face’)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus / so (as it were)
इति:
— (particle; marks reported/quoted sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
नौus two / we two
नौ:
कर्तृ (implicit subject with ‘पारय’)
TypePronoun
Rootनौ (प्रातिपदिक; dual of 1st person pronoun in Vedic usage)
इवlike / as
इव:
— (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
पारयcarry (us) across / bring (us) safely over
पारय:
क्रिया (main verb); कर्म implied ‘नः/नौ’ = us
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ/पार् (धातु; causative sense ‘to carry across’) → पारयति
अपaway / off
अप:
— (preverb with implied action ‘remove away’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःfrom us / for us
नः:
अपादान/सम्प्रदान (from us / for us, with ‘अप’ sense)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शोशुचत्burn away / be driven off (as a torment)
शोशुचत्:
क्रिया (command: ‘let it burn away/torment no more’—used as expelling formula)
TypeVerb
Rootशुच् (धातु ‘to burn, to hurt, to grieve’) → शुशोच/शोशुच् (intensive/iterative base)
अघम्evil / sin / harm
अघम्:
कर्म (object to be removed/expelled)
TypeNoun
Rootअघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective/counter-hostility register)
Devata: Viśvatomukha as protective agency; functional devatā is ‘deliverance’ from dviṣ
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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