Mantra 8

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदमहमामुष्यायणे३मुष्याः पुत्रे दुष्वप्न्यं मृजे

IAST Transliteration

idám ahám amuṣyāyaṇe ’muṣyā́ḥ putré duṣvápnyaṃ mṛje

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This—on the son of such an one, of such a mother—do I cleanse away: the evil-dreaming.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this (thing/act)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुष्यायणे: for that man’s descendant/kinsman (Amuṣyāyana)
• आमुष्यायणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/relational) / Adjective
• Root: अमुष्यायन (प्रातिपदिक; अमुष्य + अयन/आयन-प्रत्यय)

• अमुष्याः: of that (woman) / of her
• अमुष्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रे: in/for (her) son
• पुत्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream; nightmare (affliction)
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun / Adjective
• Root: दुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुष् + स्वप्न्य)

• मृजे: I wipe away / cleanse
• मृजे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not supplied in input)

Devata: Duṣvapnya (as the affliction addressed/expelled); operative power of brahman

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-type prose-anuṣṭubh (functional domestic mantra)

Mantra Rasa

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