Mantra 1

Sukta 51

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एनोनाशनम्। वायोः पूतः पवित्रेण प्रत्यङ् सोमो अति द्रुतः । इन्द्रस्य युजः सखा

IAST Transliteration

enonāśánam | vāyóḥ pūtáḥ pavítreṇa prátyaṅ sómo áti drutáḥ | índrasya yújaḥ sákhā |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sin-destroying: purified by Vāyu, with the strainer, Soma—turned back—hath run beyond; Indra’s yoked companion, his friend.

Translation

पापनाशन। वायु द्वारा पवित्र किए गए, पवित्र (छाननी) से शुद्ध किए गए सोम—पीछे की ओर मुड़कर—आगे से आगे निकल गया है; वह इन्द्र का युज (जुता हुआ) साथी, उसका सखा है।

Word by Word

• एनोनाशनम्: sin-destroyer; remover of guilt/evil
• एनोनाशनम्: कर्म (स्तुत्य/विधेय-रूपेण ‘नाशयितव्यम्/नाशकं’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक) ← √नश् (नाशे)

• वायोः: of Vāyu (the Wind-god)
• वायोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √पू (पवने/शोधने) [क्त]

• पवित्रेण: with/through the purifier (filter/strainer)
• पवित्रेण: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्यङ्: back/against; turned back (counterward)
• प्रत्यङ्: क्रियाविशेषण (गति/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + अञ्च् (अव्यय/दिशावाचक-शब्द)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice/deity)
• सोमः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: over; beyond; across
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ (अतिक्रमण/अतिशय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्रुतः: run/flowed swiftly; hastened
• द्रुतः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (सोमस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: द्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √द्रु (गत्यर्थे) [क्त]

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजः: of the yoked companion/associate
• युजः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoke-fellow/companion’)

• सखा: friend; companion
• सखा: कर्ता/विधेय (सोमः … सखा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि/सखा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Soma (with Vāyu and Indra as associated purifiers/protectors)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (close to triṣṭubh-jagatī cadence; requires full pada-count verification)

Mantra Rasa

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