Mantra 2

Sukta 97

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वधास्तु मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्रजावत् क्षत्रं मधुनेह पिन्वतम्। बाधेथां दूरं निरृतिं पराचैः कृतं चिदेनः प्र मुमुक्तमस्मत्

IAST Transliteration

svadhā́stu mitrā́varuṇā vipaścitā prajā́vat kṣatráṃ mádhunéhá pinvatam | bā́dhethāṃ dūráṃ nírṛtiṃ parā́caiḥ kṛtáṃ cid énaḥ prá mumuktam asmát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let svadhā be (with you), O Mitra and Varuṇa, ye wise: with sweetness here make the royal power thrive, rich in offspring. Drive far away Nirṛti, backward to the distance; even committed sin do ye release from us.

Word by Word

• स्वधाः: (may there be) offerings/oblation-power (svadhā)
• स्वधाः: Kartā (आशीर्वचन-कर्तृभावः) / विधेय-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा स्वधा-शब्दः

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात)

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Kartā (आशीर्वचनस्य संबोध्य/कर्तृस्थानी)
• Type: Noun (dual deity-name)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-समास)

• विपश्चिता: wise, discerning
• विपश्चिता: Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + पश्य (धातु) → विपश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजावत्: endowed with offspring/progeny
• प्रजावत्: Karma-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा + वत् (तद्धित/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्रम्: sovereign power, dominion
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुना: with sweetness / with honey
• मधुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पिन्वतम्: (you two) invigorate, strengthen
• पिन्वतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पि√न्व् (पिन्वति ‘to make swell/strengthen, invigorate’)

• बाधेथाम्: (you two) repel, drive away
• बाधेथाम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (to drive away, repel)

• दूरम्: far away
• दूरम्: Adhikaraṇa (देश/परिमाण-निर्देशः)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative)
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग) अथवा अव्ययवत्

• निरृतिम्: Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune), calamity
• निरृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराचैः: awaywardly/away, in a turning-away manner
• पराचैः: Karaṇa (उपाय/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable (instrumental used adverbially)
• Root: पराच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned away, away’)

• कृतम्: done, committed
• कृतम्: Karma-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त; भूतकृत)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• एनः: sin, offense, guilt
• एनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मुमुक्तम्: (you two) release, set free
• मुमुक्तम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb (imperatival perfect/irregular Vedic injunctive-like form)
• Root: मुच् (to release) → मुमुक्त (कृदन्त; भूतकृत/कृतप्रत्ययान्त) अथवा लोट्-आज्ञार्थे ‘मुञ्चतम्’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक-रूपम्

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (with Nirṛti as the expelled counter-power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable, given length and cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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