Mantra 5

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सिनात्वेनान् निरृतिर्मृत्योः पाशैरमोक्यैः । अश्वत्थ शत्रून् मामकान् यानहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम्

IAST Transliteration

sinā́tv enān nírṛtir mṛtyóḥ pā́śair amokyáiḥ | áśvattha śátrūn māmakā́n yā́n aháṁ dvéṣmi yé ca mā́m

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Nirṛti bind these men with Death’s nooses that are not to be unloosed—O Aśvattha—my enemies, whom I hate, and those who hate me.

Word by Word

सिनात्वाhaving cleansed (having washed)

एनान्these (persons/things)

निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of dissolution/misfortune)

मृत्योःof death

पाशैःwith fetters/nooses

अमोक्यैःunreleasable, unloosenable

अश्वत्थO Aśvattha (sacred fig tree)

शत्रून्enemies

मामकान्belonging to me / my own (i.e., my personal)

यान्whom (those whom)

अहम्I

द्वेष्मिI hate

येwho (those who)

चand

माम्me

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras lineage (traditional attribution for hostile-binding hymns)

Devata: Nirṛti and Mṛtyu (with Aśvattha as operative vanaspati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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