Mantra 4

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस्तनूभ्यो मयस्तोकेभ्यस्कृधि

IAST Transliteration

suṣū́dat mṛḍát mṛḍáyā nas tanū́bhyo máyas tókebhyas kṛdhí

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Drive thou our harms far off; be gracious, be gracious unto us: for our bodies make thou welfare, and for our children establish bliss.

Word by Word

• सु॒षू॒दत: (you all) drive away / repel
• सु॒षू॒दत: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सूद् (सूदँ) / सूद (धातु)

• मृ॒डत: (you all) be gracious / show mercy
• मृ॒डत: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृड् (मृडँ) / मृड् (धातु)

• मृ॒डय: (you all) gladden / show favor
• मृ॒डय: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृड् (मृडँ) / मृड् (धातु)

• नः: to us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (to us) / सम्बन्ध (our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त॒नूभ्यः: from (our) bodies
• त॒नूभ्यः: अपादान (from our bodies) / सम्बन्ध (of our bodies)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• मयः: well-being, happiness
• मयः: कर्म (as object: ‘well-being’) / विधेय (as predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• तो॒केभ्यः: for (our) children
• तो॒केभ्यः: सम्प्रदान (for the children) / अपादान (from the children) (contextually protective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make, do
• कृधि: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ् करणे) / कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī for the surrounding hymn)

Devata: A propitiated protective/healing power (often addressed as a benevolent agent capable of both expulsion and grace; specific devatā depends on the hymn’s heading in the anukramaṇī)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (short imperative cola; exact metrical classification depends on pada-counting in the full hymn context)

Mantra Rasa

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