Mantra 8

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यं ग्राममाविशत इदमुग्रं सहो मम । पिशाचास्तस्मान्नश्यन्ति न पापमुप जानते

IAST Transliteration

yáṃ grā́mam āviśát idám ugráṃ sáho máma | piśācā́s tásmān naśyanti ná pā́pam úpa jā́nate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Into whatsoever village this my fierce and puissant Might hath entered, from that place the Piśācas vanish forth; nor do they win approach unto the Evil.

Word by Word

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रामम्: village, settlement
• ग्रामम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• विशत: entered
• विशत: कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (प्रवेशने) + आ

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रम्: fierce, formidable
• उग्रम्: कर्म (विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहः: might, overpowering force
• सहः: कर्तृ/भाव (वाक्ये विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिशाचाः: Piśācas (ghoulish spirits)
• पिशाचाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मात्: from that (place/one)
• तस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नश्यन्ति: perish, disappear
• नश्यन्ति: कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशे)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• पापम्: evil, sin, harm
• पापम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards, near; (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग)

• जानते: know/recognize (as), perceive
• जानते: कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (अवबोधने) + उप

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective for protective charms in this stratum)

Devata: Sahas/Mantra-power (apotropaic force); implicitly anti-Piśāca

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV village-protection verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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