Verse 13

Akshamalika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथोवाच याश्च मृत्योः प्राणवत्यस्ताभ्यो नमो नमस्तेनैतं मृडयत मृडयत॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । उवाच । याः । च । मृत्योः । प्राण-वत्यः । ताभ्यः । नमः । नमः । तेन । एतम् । मृडयत । मृडयत ॥

IAST Transliteration

athovāca yāś ca mṛtyoḥ prāṇa-vatyas tābhyo namo namas tena etam mṛḍayata mṛḍayata ||13||

Translation

तब उन्होंने कहा—मृत्यु की जो प्राणयुक्त शक्तियाँ हैं, उन्हें नमो नमः। उसी के द्वारा इसे शान्त करो, शान्त करो॥१३॥

Academic Translation

Then he said: ‘And to those (powers) of Death that are endowed with life-breath—salutation, salutation. By that, soothe him; soothe him.’

Verse Context

• Mṛtyu-jaya (transcending death) through prāṇa-upāsanā and mantra; fearlessness (abhaya)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: death-transcendence is ultimately grounded in ātma-jñāna implied by mahāvākyas (the Self is unborn/undying)
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose