Mantra 13
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आदित्या रुद्रा वसवो दिवि देवा अथर्वाणः। अङ्गिरसो मनीषिणस्ते नो मुञ्चन्त्वंहसः
IAST Transliteration
ādityā́ rudrā́ vásavo diví devā́ atharvā́ṇaḥ | áṅgiraso manīṣíṇaḥ té no muñcántv áṃhasaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus—Gods in heaven—and Atharvans, Aṅgirases, the wise: let these for us unloose from anguish and from sin.
Word by Word
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्राःthe Rudras
रुद्राः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वसवःthe Vasus
वसवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven / in the sky
दिवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/दिव्)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अथर्वाणःthe Atharvans (Atharvan-priests)
अथर्वाणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गिरसःthe Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरसः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मनीषिणःthe wise / thoughtful ones
मनीषिणः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मुञ्चन्तुlet (them) release
मुञ्चन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
अंहसःfrom sin / distress
अंहसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī for AV 11.6)
Devata: Ādityas–Rudras–Vasus; Atharvans and Aṅgirases (collective powers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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