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Mantra 3

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्रुपदादिव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नात्वा मलादिव । पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यं विश्वे शुम्भन्तु मैनसः

IAST Transliteration

drupadā́d iva mumucānáḥ svinnáḥ snā́tvā málād iva | pūtáṃ pavítreṇevā́jyaṃ víśve śumbhantu máinasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loosed as from a wooden block, sweating, having bathed as from foulness—purified as ghee by a strainer—may all powers cleanse the things of the mind.

Translation

द्रुपद (लकड़ी के ठूँठ/बन्धन) से जैसे छूटता है, वैसे ही—पसीने से भीगा हुआ, और मलिनता से स्नान करके जैसे—(मैं) मुक्त होऊँ। जैसे पवित्र (छन्नी) से घी शुद्ध होता है, वैसे ही विश्व की समस्त शक्तियाँ मेरे मन की वस्तुओं/वृत्तियों को उज्ज्वल करके शुद्ध करें।

Word by Word

द्रुपदात्from the (wooden) stock/pillar

इवlike, as

मुमुचानःreleasing (oneself), being freed

स्विन्नःsweated, perspired

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

मलात्from impurity/filth

इवlike, as

पूतम्purified

पवित्रेणwith/through a purifier (strainer; purifying means)

इवas if, like

आज्यम्ghee (clarified butter)

विश्वेall (the gods)

शुम्भन्तुmay (they) adorn/purify

मैनसःmental; of the mind (i.e., the mind/inner being)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (index attribution uncertain at single-verse granularity)

Devata: Pavitra/Śuddhi (purification), with implicit Viśve Devāḥ as purifiers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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