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Mantra 2

Sukta 113

मरीचीर्धूमान् प्र विशानु पाप्मन्नुदारान् गच्छोत वा नीहारान्। नदीनां फेनाँ अनु तान् वि नश्य भ्रूणघ्नि पूषन् दुरितानि मृक्ष्व

marī́cīr dhūmā́n prá víśā́nu pāpmann udārā́n gácchótá vā nīhārā́n | nadī́nāṃ phénāṃ ánu tā́n ví naśya bhrūṇá-ghni pū́ṣan duritā́ni mṛkṣva ||

Into the rays, into the smokes pass forth, O Evil; go to the openings, or else to the mists. Along the foams of rivers—following them—vanish away: O Pūṣan, slayer of the embryo, wipe thou off the evils.

मरीचीःrays (of light)
मरीचीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमरीचि- (प्रातिपदिक)
धूमान्smokes, fumes
धूमान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधूम- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
विशenter!
विश:
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (धातु)
अनुalong, after
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पाप्मन्O disease/evil (sin-personified)
पाप्मन्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाप्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
उदारान्upward/outward (rising, spreading)
उदारान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootउदार- (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छgo!
गच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
उतand, also
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
नीहारान्mists, fogs
नीहारान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनीहार- (प्रातिपदिक)
नदीनाम्of rivers
नदीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootनदी- (प्रातिपदिक)
फेनान्foams
फेनान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootफेन- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुalong, following
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तान्those
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
विapart, away
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
नश्यperish! vanish!
नश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु)
भ्रूणघ्निO embryo-slayer (destroyer of the भ्रूण-demon/foe)
भ्रूणघ्नि:
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootभ्रूणघ्नि- (प्रातिपदिक; भ्रूण + घ्नि)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्प्रदान (आह्वान/प्रार्थना-लक्ष्य)
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootपूषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
दुरितानिevils, misfortunes
दुरितानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित- (प्रातिपदिक)
मृक्ष्वwipe away! cleanse!
मृक्ष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootमृक्ष् (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pūṣan (purifier) and the banished entity Pāpmān (personified evil)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

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