Mantra 27

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये मृत्यव एकशतं या नाष्ट्रा अतितार्याः । मुञ्चन्तु तस्मात् त्वां देवा अग्नेर्वैश्वानरा दधि

IAST Transliteration

yé mṛtyáva ékaśataṃ yā́ nā́ṣṭrā atitāryā́ḥ | muñcántu tásmāt tvā́ṃ devā́ agnér vaiśvānárā dádhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What deaths there be, a hundredfold, what ruinous perils to be overpassed—let them from thee unloose their hold. The Gods, as Vaiśvānara Agni, set thee (in safety).

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• मृत्यवः: deaths; death-demons
• मृत्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकशतम्: a hundred (in number)
• एकशतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of मृत्यवः)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एकशत (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: who (those which)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• नाष्ट्राः: harmful beings/afflictions (nāṣṭrāḥ)
• नाष्ट्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतितार्याः: to be crossed over; to be overcome
• अतितार्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (of नाष्ट्राः)
• Type: Adjective (gerundive)
• Root: अति-√तॄ (तॄ प्लवन-तरणे) + यत् → तारणीय/तार्य

• मुञ्चन्तु: let (them) release
• मुञ्चन्तु: (मुख्यक्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मोचने)

• तस्मात्: from that; from him/it
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वैश्वानराः: the Vaiśvānara(-gods); as Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानराः: Kartā (apposition to देवाः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधि: has placed; has set (you)
• दधि: (मुख्यक्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने) — reduplicated perfect-stem form

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies)

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara; also ‘Devāḥ’ collectively

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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