Mantra 3

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदुवक्थानृतं जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु। राज्ञस्त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणादहम्

IAST Transliteration

yád uvákthā́nṛtaṃ jihváyā vr̥jináṃ bahú | rā́jñas tvā satyádharmāṇo muñcā́mi váruṇād ahám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What falsehood thou hast uttered with the tongue—much crooked sin—therefrom, from Varuṇa whose ordinance is Truth, from the King’s (claim), I loose thee; I set thee free.

Translation

जीभ से तूने जो असत्य कहा है—बहुत-सा टेढ़ा पाप—उससे मैं तुझे मुक्त करता हूँ; सत्य-धर्म वाले राजा वरुण के बन्धन से, मैं तुझे छुड़ाता हूँ, मैं तुझे स्वतंत्र करता हूँ।

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

उवक्थाhymns/utterances (praises)

अनृतम्untruth, falsehood

जिह्वयाwith the tongue

वृजिनम्wrongdoing, sin

बहुmuch, many

राज्ञःof the king

त्वाyou

सत्यधर्मणःof (him) whose law is truth / the truth-ordained

मुञ्चामिI release

वरुणात्from Varuṇa

अहम्I

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within the AV corpus to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; precise r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Varuṇa (as satyadharman, binder and releaser through rite).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas; the transmitted text shows a danda break consistent with anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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