Mantra 1

Sukta 59

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शाप-मोचनम्। यो नः शपादशपतः शपतो यश्च नः शपात्। वृक्ष इव विद्युता हत आ मूलादनु शुष्यतु

IAST Transliteration

śāpa-mocánam | yó naḥ śápād áśapataḥ śápato yáś ca naḥ śápāt | vṛ́kṣa iva vidyútā hatá ā mū́lād ánu śuṣyatu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Release from curse. Whoso, by cursing, hath cursed us—curser, or he who would undo the curse—whosoever by curse (hath touched) us: like a tree smitten by lightning, let him wither, down from the root, utterly away.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

नःof us / our

शपात्from the curse

अशपतःfrom one who does not curse / from the non-curser

शपतःfrom one who curses

यःwho

चand

नःof us / our

शपात्from the curse

वृक्षःa tree

इवlike

विद्युताby lightning

हतःstruck / slain

आ(towards; intensifier with verb)

मूलात्from the root

अनुalong; following; down (with verb)

शुष्यतुlet it dry up / wither

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified here (to be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 7.59).

Devata: Śāpa (curse) as adversarial force; implicit divine sanction via ‘vidyut’ imagery.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be verified).

Mantra Rasa

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