Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् व ऊर्मिः शम्या हन्त्वापो योक्त्राणि मुञ्चत । मादुष्कृतौ व्येनसावघ्न्यावशुनमारताम्

IAST Transliteration

úd va ū́rmiḥ śamyā́ hantv ā́po yóktrāṇi muñcata | mā́ duṣkṛtáu ví enasā́va aghnyā́va śunám āratām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up let the wave, in peace, smite forth; ye Waters, loosen ye the yoke-bonds. Not in ill-doing—away from sin: drive off the dog; let the inviolable (cow/innocent) be unharmed; let it depart.

Word by Word

उद्up, forth

वःof you / for you (pl.)

ऊर्मिःwave, surge

शम्याwith the (churning-)stick / with the śamyā (wooden implement)

हन्तुlet (it) strike/kill

आपःthe waters

योक्त्राणिthe yoke-ropes, straps

मुञ्चतrelease, loosen (you all)

माdo not

दुष्कृतौin wrongdoing, in misdeed

विapart, asunder, away

एनसाby sin, by guilt

अवघ्न्याsin-destroying, guilt-removing

अवशुनम्the evil omen / misfortune (avashuna)

अराताम्let them grant/bring (away); let them remove (contextually)

Attribution

Rishi: Domestic Atharvanic seer-tradition (Vivāha cycle).

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters) as purifiers; ancillary apotropaic force (ūrmí).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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