Mantra 2

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि जाग्रद् यदि स्वपन्नेन एनस्योऽकरम्। भूतं मा तस्माद् भव्यं च द्रुपदादिव मुञ्चताम्

IAST Transliteration

yádi jā́grad yádi svapánnena enasyò ’káram | bhūtáṃ mā́ tásmād bhávyam ca drupadā́d iva muñcatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If waking, if in sleep, I have wrought offence—then from that, from what is done and what shall yet be, may I be loosed, as from a wooden block.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जाग्रत्: awake; while awake
• जाग्रत्: Adhikaraṇa (अवस्था/स्थितिवाचक) / Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जागृ (धातु) → जाग्रत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• यदि: or if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• स्वपन्: asleep; while sleeping
• स्वपन्: Adhikaraṇa (अवस्था) / Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) → स्वपन् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• एन॑: him/it (this one)
• एन॑: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) → एन (enad-प्रयोग)

• एनस्य: of him/of this one
• एनस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) → एनद्

• उ: indeed; and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• अकरम्: I did/made
• अकरम्: Kartā (अहम् implied) + Karma (एन) takes object
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• भूतम्: what has been; the past (harm)
• भूतम्: Karma (of ‘muc-’ in next clause) / object to be released
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत (भू धातु से निष्पन्न) / भूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: not; do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• भव्यम्: what is to be; the future (harm)
• भव्यम्: Karma (with ‘muc-’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भव्य (भू धातु से ‘to be’ sense) / भव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्रुपदात्: from the wooden fetter/stock
• द्रुपदात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मुञ्चताम्: let them release; may they free
• मुञ्चताम्: Kartā (अनिर्दिष्टः—देवा/औषधयः/मन्त्रशक्तयः) + Karma (भूतम्, भव्यम्) + Apādāna (तस्मात्, द्रुपदात्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras line; specific r̥ṣi not securely fixed for this single verse in common indices)

Devata: Mocana/Prāyaścitta (release from Enas; not a single personal deity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for such short expiatory verses)

Mantra Rasa

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