Mantra 1

Sukta 45

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। परोऽपेहि मनस्पाप किमशस्तानि शंससि । परेहि न त्वा कामये वृक्षां वनानि सं चर गृहेषु गोषु मे मनः

IAST Transliteration

duḥsvápna-nā́śanam | paró ’péhi manaḥ-pāpa kím áśastāni śáṃsasi | paréhi ná tvā kā́maye vṛkṣā́n vánāni sáṃ cara gṛhéṣu góṣu me mánaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Destroyer of evil dreams: Away, depart, O mind-evil! Why proclaimest thou things unblest? Begone: I desire thee not. Roam through trees and forests; in my houses, among my cattle, be my mind.

Word by Word

• परो: away, off (to a distance)
• परो: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) / परस्

• अपेहि: go away! depart!
• अपेहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) उपसर्गः अप-

• मनः: mind, thought
• मनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप: evil, sinful
• पाप: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अशस्तानि: unholy/inauspicious things, curses
• अशस्तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अशस्त (प्रातिपदिक; a-शस्त ‘unpraised/ill-spoken’)

• शंससि: you utter, you proclaim
• शंससि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)

• परेहि: go away!
• परेहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) उपसर्गः परा-

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कामये: I desire, I wish for
• कामये: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (धातु) / कामय (नामधातु)

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनानि: woods, forests
• वनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चर: roam, wander
• चर: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• गृहेषु: in (our) houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोषु: among the cows/cattle
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Duḥsvapna (evil dream) as adversary; protective force implicit

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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