Mantra 1

Sukta 62

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पावमानम्। वैश्वानरो रश्मिभिर्नः पुनातु वातः प्राणेनेषिरो नभोभिः । द्यावापृथिवी पयसा पयस्वती ऋतावरी यज्ञिये न पुनीताम्

IAST Transliteration

pavamānám | vaiśvānaró raśmíbhir naḥ punātu vā́taḥ prāṇéna iṣiró nabhóbhíḥ | dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ páyasā páyasvatī ṛtā́varī yajñíye naḥ punītām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Purifying: let Vaiśvānara with his rays purify us; let Wind, swift, with breath, with the sky-waters. Let Heaven and Earth, rich in milk, guardians of Order, worthy of sacrifice, purify us.

Word by Word

• पावमानम्: purifying; the purifier
• पावमानम्: कर्म (पुनातु इत्यस्य) / विशेष्य
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावमान (पू धातु, शुद्धौ) — वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक

• वैश्वानरः: Vaiśvānara (Agni, the universal fire)
• वैश्वानरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• रश्मिभिः: with rays
• रश्मिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (अधिकार/सम्बन्धः) — ‘our/us’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पुनातु: may (he/it) purify
• पुनातु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु, शुद्धौ)

• वातः: wind
• वातः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणेन: with breath; with life-force
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषिरः: swift; vigorous
• इषिरः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (वातस्य) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इषिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नभोभिः: with the skies; with the heavens
• नभोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौ/दिव् + पृथिवी)

• पयसा: with milk; with nourishing fluid
• पयसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयस्वती: abounding in milk/nourishment
• पयस्वती: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावरी: upholding ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतावरी: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञिये: worthy of sacrifice; sacrificial
• यज्ञिये: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (पुनीताम् इत्यस्य) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पुनीताम्: may the two purify
• पुनीताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु, शुद्धौ)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies in anukramaṇī lists)

Devata: Vaiśvānara (Agni), Vāta, Dyāvā-Pṛthivī

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed (Atharvanic; often treated as mixed meter)

Mantra Rasa

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