Mantra 3

Sukta 117

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनृणा अस्मिन्ननृणाः परस्मिन् तृतीये लोके अनृणाः स्याम । ये देवयानाः पितृयाणाश्च लोकाः सर्वान् पथो अनृणा आ क्षियेम

IAST Transliteration

anṛṇā́ asmínn anṛṇā́ḥ parasmín tṛtī́ye lóke anṛṇā́ḥ syāma | yé devayānā́ḥ pitṛyānā́ś ca lokā́ḥ sárvān pathó anṛṇā́ ā́ kṣiyema

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unindebted in this world, unindebted in the other, unindebted in the third world—so may we be. What worlds are of the Gods’ path and of the Fathers’ path, all those ways—may we, debtless, reach and dwell therein.

Word by Word

• अनृणाः: free from debt/obligation
• अनृणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this (world/place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनृणाः: free from debt
• अनृणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)

• परस्मिन्: in the other (world)
• परस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोके: world, realm
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनृणाः: free from debt
• अनृणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयानाः: (those) going by the gods’ path; god-bound
• देवयानाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: देवयान (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यान)

• पितृयाणाः: (those) going by the fathers’ path; ancestor-bound
• पितृयाणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: पितृयान (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + यान)

• च: and
• च: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथः: paths, ways
• पथः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनृणाः: free from debt
• अनृणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, up to; completely
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषक)
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• क्षियेम: may we dwell/abide
• क्षियेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु; ‘क्षि’ = निवासे/क्षये, here ‘to dwell/abide’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Implicitly Agni/Pathways; explicitly the ‘worlds’ and ‘paths’ (devayāna, pitṛyāna)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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