Mantra 3

Sukta 66

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वेत्था हि निरृतीनां वज्रहस्त परिवृजम्। अहरहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदामिव

IAST Transliteration

vétthā hí nírṛtīnām vájrahasta parivṛ́jam | áhar-ahaḥ śúndhyuḥ paripádām iva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For thou, O thunderbolt-handed, knowest the sweeping-away of destructions: day after day they cleanse, as it were, the feet all round.

Translation

हे वज्रहस्त! तू निरृति (विनाश-शक्ति) के परि-वृज्—चारों ओर से झाड़कर दूर करने वाले उपाय को जानता है। वे प्रतिदिन-प्रतिदिन ऐसे शुद्ध करते हैं, मानो पैरों के चारों ओर की मैल को धोकर साफ़ कर रहे हों।

Word by Word

वेत्थाyou know / you have known

हिindeed, for

निरृतीनाम्of the Nirṛtis / of misfortunes, destructive powers

वज्रहस्तO thunderbolt-handed (one)

परिवृजम्the cleansing / wiping away (act)

अहः-अहःday by day, daily

शुन्ध्युःmay they purify / may they cleanse

परिपदाम्of the approaches/paths; of the surroundings/encirclings

इवlike, as

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source attribution required.

Devata: Indra (Vajrahasta); anti-Nirṛti function

Chandas: RV meter (requires RV locus confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

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