Mantra 10

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मृत्यवेऽमून् प्र यच्छामि मृत्युपाशैरमी सिताः । मृत्योर्ये अघला दूतास्तेभ्य एनान् प्रति नयामि बद्ध्वा

IAST Transliteration

mṛtyáve ’mū́n prá yacchāmi mṛtyupā́śair amī́ sitā́ḥ | mṛtyór yé aghalā́ dūtā́s tébhya enā́n práti nayāmi baddhvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto Death I deliver those yonder: with Death’s nooses are they bound. Death’s evil messengers—unto them I lead these, having bound them fast.

Translation

मैं उन (अमून्) को मृत्यु के हवाले करता हूँ; वे मृत्यु के पाशों से बँधे हैं। मृत्यु के जो पापी/अशुभ दूत हैं, उन्हीं के पास मैं इनको दृढ़ बाँधकर ले जाता हूँ।

Word by Word

मृत्यवेto Death

अमून्those (yonder), them

प्रforth, forward

यच्छामिI give/hand over, I deliver

मृत्युपाशैःwith death’s nooses/bonds

अमीthose (yonder)

सिताःbound, tied

मृत्योःof Death

येwho

अघलाःevil, harmful

दूताःmessengers

तेभ्यःto them

एनान्these (persons/things), them

प्रतिback, towards

नयामिI lead, I take

बद्ध्वाhaving bound

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without anukramaṇī.

Devata: Mṛtyu (Death) and his dūtas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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