Mantra 1

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृत्यापरिहरणम्। यां ते चक्रुरामे पात्रे यां चक्रुर्मिश्रधान्ये । आमे मांसे कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम्

IAST Transliteration

kṛtyā́-pariharaṇám | yā́ṃ te cakrú rāmé pā́tre yā́ṃ cakrú miśrá-dhā́nye | āmé mā́ṃse kṛtyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The turning-back of witchcraft: what they have wrought against thee in a raw vessel, what they have wrought in mixed grains, what witchcraft they have wrought in raw flesh—that I take and bear back again against them.

Word by Word

• याम्: whom/which (that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have made/done
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• आमे: in/with the raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पात्रे: in a vessel
• पात्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• चक्रुः: they have made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• मिश्रधान्ये: in mixed grain
• मिश्रधान्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिश्र-धान्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• आमे: in the raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मांसे: in flesh
• मांसे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्याम्: the witchcraft/evil charm
• कृत्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• चक्रुः: they have made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• पुनः: back, again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• प्रति: back toward, in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हरामि: I carry/bring away
• हरामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)

• ताम्: that (same one)
• ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Kṛtyā (as adversary) / protective counter-force of brahman

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (common for kṛtyā charms; edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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