Mantra 3

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्रुपदादिव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नात्वा मलादिव । पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यं विश्वे शुम्भन्तु मैनसः

IAST Transliteration

drupadā́d iva mumucānáḥ svinnáḥ snā́tvā málād iva | pūtáṃ pavítreṇevā́jyaṃ víśve śumbhantu máinasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loosed as from a wooden block, sweating, having bathed as from foulness—purified as ghee by a strainer—may all powers cleanse the things of the mind.

Word by Word

• द्रुपदात्: from the (wooden) stock/pillar
• द्रुपदात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मुमुचानः: releasing (oneself), being freed
• मुमुचानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• स्विन्नः: sweated, perspired
• स्विन्नः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्विद् (धातु) / स्विन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)

• मलात्: from impurity/filth
• मलात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पूतम्: purified
• पूतम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) / पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पवित्रेण: with/through a purifier (strainer; purifying means)
• पवित्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as if, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आज्यम्: ghee (clarified butter)
• आज्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वे: all (the gods)
• विश्वे: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुम्भन्तु: may (they) adorn/purify
• शुम्भन्तु: कर्तृ-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)

• मैनसः: mental; of the mind (i.e., the mind/inner being)
• मैनसः: कर्म (विशेषण; ‘(us) mental(ly)’/‘our minds’ sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैनस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of the mind/mental’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (index attribution uncertain at single-verse granularity)

Devata: Pavitra/Śuddhi (purification), with implicit Viśve Devāḥ as purifiers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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