Mantra 3

Sukta 63

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिषे इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर्ये सहस्रम्। यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकमधि रोहयेमम्

IAST Transliteration

ayasmáye drupadé bédhiṣe ihā́bhihito mṛtyúbhir yé sahásram | yaména tváṃ pitṛ́bhiḥ saṃvidāná uttamáṃ nā́kam ádhi rohaye mám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the iron (fetter), O stock-bound one, thou art smitten; here thou liest beset by deaths a thousandfold. With Yama, in accord with the Fathers, raise thou this man up unto the highest heaven.

Word by Word

अयस्मयेin/at the iron(-made)

द्रुपदेin the wooden fetter/stock (drupada)

बेधिषेyou have pierced/struck

इहhere

अभिहितःcalled/uttered (invoked)

मृत्युभिःby deaths; by death-demons

येwho (those who)

सहस्रम्a thousand

यमेनwith Yama

त्वम्you

पितृभिःwith the Fathers/ancestors

संविदानःbeing in accord/meeting together

उत्तमम्highest

नाकम्heaven; celestial world

अधिupon; up to

रोहयेmay I cause (him) to ascend / raise

इमम्this (one)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Yama; Pitṛs; (contextually Mṛtyu/Nirṛti)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)

Mantra Rasa

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