Mantra 1

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्। निर्लक्ष्म्यं ऽ ललाम्यं१ निररातिं सुवामसि । अथ या भद्रा तानि नः प्रजाया अरातिं नयामसि

IAST Transliteration

nír-lakṣmyàṃ ’ lalāmyáṃ́ nír-arā́tiṃ suvāmasi | átha yā́ bhadrā́ tā́ni naḥ prajā́yā arā́tiṃ nayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ill-fortune, the ominous blemish, and hostile non-giving—these we waft away. Then that which is auspicious, those [good powers] for us—for progeny—we lead on; and we lead away the hostility.

Word by Word

• निर्लक्ष्म्यम्: ill-luck; absence of prosperity
• निर्लक्ष्म्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: निर्लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक; निर्- + लक्ष्मी)

• ललाम्यम्: the blemished/inauspicious (state); disgrace
• ललाम्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ललाम्य (प्रातिपदिक; ललाम ‘mark/blemish’ > ‘having a blemish’)

• निरारातिम्: hostility; harm; enmity
• निरारातिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: निराराति (प्रातिपदिक; निर्- + आराति)

• सुवामसि: we blow/waft away; we drive off
• सुवामसि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वा (वाति/वायति) ‘to blow; to waft; to drive away’ + सु- (intensifier/benefactive)

• अथ: then; now; moreover
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• या: which (she/that)
• या: कर्तृ (उपवाक्ये)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्रा: auspicious; благоприятная
• भद्रा: कर्तृ (या इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (f.)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तानि: those (things/boons)
• तानि: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्रजायाः: of offspring; of progeny
• प्रजायाः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरातिम्: harm; hostility; misfortune
• अरातिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयामसि: we lead; we bring
• नयामसि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (नयति) ‘to lead, carry’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras circles for alakṣmī-expulsion hymns; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī).

Devata: Alakṣmī (as the expelled misfortune) and Bhadrā/Śrī (as the attracted auspicious fortune); also the abstract power of Arāti as obstruction.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV domestic/apotropaic verses—confirmable by full metrical count in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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