Mantra 6

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असन्मन्त्राद् दुष्वप्न्याद् दुष्कृताच्छमलादुत। दुर्हार्दश्चक्षुषो घोरात् तस्मान्नः पाह्याञ्जन

IAST Transliteration

asánmantrā́d duṣvápnyād duṣkṛtā́c chamálād utá | durhā́rdāc cákṣuṣo ghorā́t tásmān naḥ pāhy ā́ñjana

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From evil spells, from evil dreaming, from ill-deed and from taint, and also from the dread ill-hearted bane that smiteth through the eye—from all that, guard thou us, O Collyrium.

Word by Word

असत्from the untrue/evil (thing)

मन्त्रात्from (an evil) spell/charm

दुष्वप्न्यात्from bad dreaming / nightmare (affliction)

दुष्कृतात्from evil deed / sin

शमलात्from impurity/defilement, guilt

उतand also / moreover

दुर्हार्दःfrom heart-ill / malignant (affection)

चक्षुषःof the eye

घोरात्from the dreadful (one/thing)

तस्मात्from that

नःof us / for us

पाहिprotect (you)

आञ्जनO Anjana (collyrium/Anjana-plant/deity)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Āñjana (guardian remedy); implicit domain: Cakṣus (vision) as vulnerable locus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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