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Mantra 1

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्प-विष-निवारणम्। परि द्यामिव सूर्योऽहीनां जनिमागमम्। रात्री जगदिवान्यद्धंसात् तेना ते वारये विषम्

IAST Transliteration

pári dyā́m iva sū́ryo ’hī́nāṁ jánim ā́gamam | rā́trīr jágad ivā́nyad haṁsā́t ténā te vārayé víṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the Sun encompasseth the heaven, so have I come upon the serpents’ birth. As from the Haṁsa the other moving world (is kept apart), by that same power I ward from thee the poison.

Translation

（蛇毒の鎮め。）太陽が天をめぐり包むように、わたしは蛇どもの生起のところへ到った。さらに、夜においてハṃサ（Haṁsa、白鳥／霊鳥）がほかの動く世界を隔て分かつように、その同じ力によって、汝から毒を退け、遮り止める。

Word by Word

परिaround, all about

द्याम्the sky (heaven)

इवlike, as

सूर्यःthe Sun

अहीनाम्of the serpents

जनिमbirth, origin

आtowards, unto (prefix)

गमम्I have come/approached

रात्रीNight

जगत्the world, all that moves

इवlike, as

दिवाby day, in daytime

अन्यत्another, something else

हंसात्from the haṃsa (swan; also a bird-name used in charms)

तेनby that, with that

तेfor you / of you

वारयेI ward off, I avert

विषम्poison, venom

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (not explicit here).

Devata: Sūrya (as purifier) and the apotropaic power of the mantra; venom as adversary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

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