Mantra 1

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाप-मोचनम्। मन्वे वां द्यावापृथिवी सुभोजसौ सचेतसौ ये अप्रथेथाममिता योजनानि । प्रतिष्ठे ह्यभवतं वसूनां ते नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

IAST Transliteration

pā́pa-mócanam | manvé vā́m dyāvā́pṛthivī subhójasau sacétasau yé áprathethām ámitā yójanāni | pratíṣṭhe hí abhavatam vásūnām té no muñcatám áṃhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sin’s loosening. I call on you twain, O Heaven and Earth, bounteous in bestowal, of concordant thought—ye who have stretched forth the immeasurable spaces. For ye became the firm foundation of riches: from anguish and sin do ye release us.

Word by Word

• मन्वे: I think / I deem
• मन्वे: क्रिया (वाक्यस्य मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते) / मन्वे (आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगः)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्धः (genitive: ‘of you two’) / कर्म (accusative: ‘you two’)—अत्र ‘वां … द्यावापृथिवी’ इति सम्बन्धः प्रमुखः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (युवाम्) सर्वनाम

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth (the two)
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्तृ (स्तुत्य-विषयः/सम्बोधन-स्वरूपः)
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिकम्: द्यौः + पृथिवी)

• सुभोजसौ: well-bounteous / granting good sustenance
• सुभोजसौ: विशेषणम् (द्यावापृथिव्योः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-भोजस् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘good nourishment/benefit’)

• सचेतसौ: concordant / mindful together
• सचेतसौ: विशेषणम् (द्यावापृथिव्योः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘of one mind/attentive’)

• ये: who (the two who)
• ये: सम्बन्ध-प्रवर्तकः (relative pronoun; refers to dyāvāpṛthivī)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (यः) सर्वनाम

• अप्रथेथाम्: you two did not become broad / did not spread out (i.e., were not limited)
• अप्रथेथाम्: क्रिया (ये … अप्रथेथाम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथते/प्रथयति) + अ (निषेध/विपरीतार्थ-उपसर्गः)

• अमिता: immeasurable
• अमिता: विशेषणम् (योजनानि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मित (√मा ‘measure’ से निष्पन्न; ‘unmeasured’)

• योजनानि: leagues, stretches (of distance)
• योजनानि: कर्म (अप्रथेथाम्—‘(across) yojanas’) / अधिकरणार्थ-व्याप्ति
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• प्रतिष्ठे: in the foundation / in the firm standing
• प्रतिष्ठे: अधिकरणम् (wherein: ‘in/at the foundation’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिकम्) / ‘प्रतिष्ठे’ (loc. sg.)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: सम्बन्ध-निपातः
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अभवतं: you two became
• अभवतं: क्रिया (द्यावापृथिवी … अभवतं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• वसूनाम्: of riches / of good things
• वसूनाम्: सम्बन्धः (genitive: ‘of riches/goods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• ते: you two
• ते: कर्तृ (मुञ्चतम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) / ‘ते’

• नः: us / from us
• नः: कर्म (मुञ्चतम्—‘us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic) सर्वनाम

• मुञ्चतम्: release (you two)!
• मुञ्चतम्: क्रिया (प्रार्थना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुञ्चति)

• अंहसः: from sin / from distress
• अंहसः: अपादानम् (from what: ‘from sin/distress’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective for such domestic expiations)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (RV-style praise structure; AV often preserves mixed metrical features here)

Mantra Rasa

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