Mantra 3

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रायध्वं नो अघविषाभ्यो वधाद् विश्वे देवा मरुतो विश्ववेदसः । अग्नीषोमा वरुणः पूतदक्षा वातापर्जन्ययोः सुमतौ स्याम

IAST Transliteration

trā́yadhvam no agháviṣābhyo vadhā́d víśve devā marúto viśvavédasaḥ | agnī́ṣómā váruṇaḥ pūtádakṣā vātā́parjanyáyoḥ sumatáu syā́ma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Protect us from the evil-venomed, from the stroke of death—O all ye Gods, O Maruts all-knowing. With Agni-Soma, with Varuṇa of purified might, in the gracious favour of Vāta and Parjanya may we abide.

Word by Word

• त्रायध्वम्: protect (you all)!
• त्रायध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रै (त्राणे)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अघविषाभ्यः: from the evil-poisonous (ones/things)
• अघविषाभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघविष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधात्: from slaughter/violent harm
• वधात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुतः: Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्ववेदसः: all-knowing (ones)
• विश्ववेदसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: विश्ववेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नीषोमा: Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity)
• Root: अग्नीषोम (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: अग्नि+सोम)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूतदक्षाः: of purified power/skill
• पूतदक्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूतदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक: पूत+दक्ष)

• वातापर्जन्ययोः: of Vāta and Parjanya
• वातापर्जन्ययोः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual)
• Root: वातापर्जन्य (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: वात+पर्जन्य)

• सुमतौ: in (their) good favor/good thought
• सुमतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as transmitted in AV ancillary indices)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ; Maruts; Agni-Soma; Varuṇa; Vāta and Parjanya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic flexibility in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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