Mantra 1

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पावमानम्। पुनन्तु मा देवजनाः पुनन्तु मनवो धिया। पुनन्तु विश्वा भूतानि पवमानः पुनातु मा

IAST Transliteration

pā́vamānam | punántu mā devajanā́ḥ punántu mánavo dhiyā́ | punántu víśvā bhūtā́ni pavámānaḥ punātu mā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pavamāna! Let the god-born folk cleanse me; let the Manus cleanse me with their holy thought; let all beings cleanse me: may Pavamāna himself make me pure.

Word by Word

• पावमानम्: the purifying (one)
• पावमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवमान (√पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ से वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘पावमान’ (विशेषण)

• पुनन्तु: let (them) purify
• पुनन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवने/शोधने)

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• देवजनाः: the godly people / divine folk
• देवजनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवजन (देव + जन) प्रातिपदिक

• पुनन्तु: let (them) purify
• पुनन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू

• मनवः: the Manus / men
• मनवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु प्रातिपदिक

• धिया: with (their) thought / insight
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि प्रातिपदिक

• पुनन्तु: let (them) purify
• पुनन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व प्रातिपदिक

• भूतानि: beings / creatures
• भूतानि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू ‘भवने’ से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) प्रातिपदिक

• पवमानः: the purifying one (Pavamāna)
• पवमानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पवमान (√पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ से वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनातु: let (him) purify
• पुनातु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: To be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 6.19 (not provided in excerpt).

Devata: Pavamāna (Soma as purifier; generalized purificatory principle).

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh tendency (requires metrical verification).

Mantra Rasa

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