Mantra 21

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पवीनसात् तङ्गल्वा३च्छायकादुत नग्नकात्। प्रजायै पत्ये त्वा पिङ्गः परि पातु किमीदिनः

IAST Transliteration

pavī́nasāt taṅgálvāc chā́yakād utá nágnakāt | prajā́yai pátye tvā piṅgáḥ pári pātu kīmīdínaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From wasting-sickness, from Taṅgalva, from the Shadow-one, and from the Naked-one— for offspring, for the husband, may Piṅga guard thee round about, from the kīmīdin devourers.

Word by Word

पवीनसात्from (the disease) pavīnasa (a wasting/consumptive ailment)

तङ्गल्वात्from taṅgalva (a named ailment/affliction)

छायकात्from chāyaka (a named disease/affliction)

उतand also

नग्नकात्from nagnaka (a named ailment/affliction)

प्रजायैfor offspring/progeny

पत्येfor the husband/lord

त्वाyou (as object)

पिङ्गःPiṅga (the tawny one; a protecting being)

परिaround; all around

पातुmay (he) protect

किमीदिनःof the kīmīdina (worm/parasite-like demon/affliction)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi uncertain without ancillary indices).

Devata: Piṅga (guardian); secondarily the expulsion of pavīnasa/taṅgalva/chāyaka/nagnaka/kīmīdin.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

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