Mantra 3

Sukta 117

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनृणा अस्मिन्ननृणाः परस्मिन् तृतीये लोके अनृणाः स्याम । ये देवयानाः पितृयाणाश्च लोकाः सर्वान् पथो अनृणा आ क्षियेम

IAST Transliteration

anṛṇā́ asmínn anṛṇā́ḥ parasmín tṛtī́ye lóke anṛṇā́ḥ syāma | yé devayānā́ḥ pitṛyānā́ś ca lokā́ḥ sárvān pathó anṛṇā́ ā́ kṣiyema

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unindebted in this world, unindebted in the other, unindebted in the third world—so may we be. What worlds are of the Gods’ path and of the Fathers’ path, all those ways—may we, debtless, reach and dwell therein.

Translation

Tanpa utang di dunia ini, tanpa utang di dunia sana, tanpa utang di dunia ketiga—semoga demikianlah kami. Dunia-dunia yang merupakan jalan para Dewa dan jalan para Leluhur—semua jalan itu—semoga kami, tanpa utang, mencapainya dan berdiam di sana.

Word by Word

अनृणाःfree from debt/obligation

अस्मिन्in this (world/place)

अनृणाःfree from debt

परस्मिन्in the other (world)

तृतीयेin the third

लोकेworld, realm

अनृणाःfree from debt

स्यामmay we be

येwho/which

देवयानाः(those) going by the gods’ path; god-bound

पितृयाणाः(those) going by the fathers’ path; ancestor-bound

चand

लोकाःworlds/realms

सर्वान्all

पथःpaths, ways

अनृणाःfree from debt

आunto, up to; completely

क्षियेमmay we dwell/abide

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Implicitly Agni/Pathways; explicitly the ‘worlds’ and ‘paths’ (devayāna, pitṛyāna)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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