Mantra 3

Sukta 77

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संवत्सरीणा मरुतः स्वर्का उरुक्षयाः सगणा मानुषासः । ते अस्मत् पाशान् प्र मुञ्चन्त्वेनसः सांतपना मत्सरा मादयिष्णवः

IAST Transliteration

saṁvatsarī́ṇā marútaḥ svarkā́ urúkṣayāḥ sagáṇā mā́nuṣāsaḥ | té asmát pāśā́n prá muñcantv énasaḥ sāntapanā́ matsarā́ mādayiṣṇávaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The year-returning Maruts, heaven-bright, wide-housed, with their companies, friendly among men—let them from us loosen forth the nooses of offence: the burning ones, the jealous, the maddeningly impetuous.

Word by Word

• संवत्सरीणाः: yearly (ones)
• संवत्सरीणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवत्सरीण (प्रातिपदिक; संवत्सर-सम्बद्ध)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्काः: heavenly, radiant
• स्वर्काः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्क (प्रातिपदिक; स्वर्ग/स्वर्-सम्बद्ध)

• उरुक्षयाः: wide-dwelling, having broad abodes
• उरुक्षयाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरुक्षय (प्रातिपदिक; उरु- + क्षय ‘dwelling’)

• सगणाः: with their troop(s)
• सगणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सगण (प्रातिपदिक; स- ‘with’ + गण)

• मानुषासः: friendly to men / human-aiding
• मानुषासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मत्: of us / from us (contextually ‘our’)
• अस्मत्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• मुंचन्तु: let (them) release
• मुंचन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• एनसः: from sin, from guilt
• एनसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सांतपनाः: burning, tormenting
• सांतपनाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांतपन (प्रातिपदिक; स-आंतपन ‘burning/afflicting’)

• मत्सराः: jealousies, rancours
• मत्सराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मादयिष्णवः: intoxicating, maddening (ones)
• मादयिष्णवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मादयिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; √मद् ‘to intoxicate/gladden’ + इष्णु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly assigned by Anukramaṇī to an Atharvan/Angiras line for such apotropaic material).

Devata: Maruts (as troop-protectors and purifiers).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (needs full pada-metrical verification against the Saunaka text).

Mantra Rasa

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