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Mantra 1

Sukta 70

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुदमनम्। यत् किं चासौ मनसा यच्च वाचा यज्ञैर्जुहोति हविषा यजुषा । तन्मृत्युना निरृतिः संविदाना पुरा सत्यादाहुतिं हन्त्वस्य

IAST Transliteration

yát kíṃ cāsaú mánasā yác ca vācā́ yajñáir juhóti havíṣā yájūṣā | tán mṛtyúnā nírṛtiḥ saṃvidānā́ purā́ satyā́d āhútim hantu asya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whatsoever that man, by mind or by speech, by sacrifices, with oblation, with yajus-formula, doth offer—let Nirṛti, leagued with Death, smite his offering beforehand, ere it become effectual and true.

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

किम्anything

चand

असौthat (hostile) person

मनसाwith (his) mind

यत्whatever

चand

वाचाwith speech

यज्ञैःby/with sacrifices

जुहोतिhe offers (into the fire)

हविषाwith oblation

यजुषाwith a Yajus-formula

तत्that (act/thing)

मृत्युनाby death

निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)

संविदानाbeing in agreement/consenting (conspiring)

पुराformerly; beforehand

सत्यात्from truth; from what is true

आहुतिम्the oblation

हन्तुmay (she) strike/kill

अस्यof him; his

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Nirṛti and Mṛtyu (as allied destroyers of hostile offerings)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (11-syllable cadence typical of many AV abhichāra verses)

Mantra Rasa

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