Mantra 2

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्या३दथो वरुण्याऽदुत। अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात्

IAST Transliteration

muñcántu mā śapathyā̀d átho varuṇyā̀d utá | átho yámasya padvī́śād víśvasmād devakílbiṣāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let them release me from the oath-born curse, and also from Varuṇa’s (penalty), and further from Yama’s snare—yea, from every divine transgression.

Word by Word

मुञ्चन्तुlet (them) release

माme

शपथ्यात्from (the) oath-curse / perjury

अथोand also / moreover

वरुण्यात्from (the) Varuṇa-curse / sin against Varuṇa

उतand / also

अथोand also

यमस्यof Yama

पड्वीशात्from the lord of the path (i.e., Yama as guide of the dead)

विश्वस्मात्from every / from all

देवकिल्बिषात्from divine guilt/sin (offence against the gods)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Oṣadhis as liberators; Varuṇa and Yama as feared bond-holders (invoked as sources of constraint to be averted)

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh; requires full metrical audit.

Mantra Rasa

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