Mantra 1

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। यथा कलां यथा शफं यथर्णं संनयन्ति । एवा दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वमप्रिये सं नयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yáthā kalā́m yáthā śapháṃ yáthárṇaṃ saṃnáyanti | evā́ duṣvápmyaṃ sárvam ápriye sáṃ nayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As men gather up a portion, as they gather up the hoof, as they gather up the wave’s mass—so do we gather up and convey, in its entirety, the evil of ill-dream unto the Unloved (the foe).

Translation

ಜನರು ಹೇಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅಂಶವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಹೇಗೆ ಖುರದ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಹೇಗೆ ಅಲೆಯ ಗುಚ್ಛವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ—ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ನಾವು ದುಸ್ವಪ್ನದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಅಪ್ರಿಯ ದೋಷವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಸೇರಿಸಿ, ಅಪ್ರಿಯನಾದ (ಶತ್ರುವಿನ) ಕಡೆಗೆ ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Word by Word

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्(This is) a destroyer/remedy of bad dreams

यथाjust as / as

कलाम्a part/portion; (also) a digit/segment

यथाjust as

शफम्a hoof

यथाjust as

ऋणम्a debt

संनयन्तिthey bring together / they remove (by leading away)

एवthus / in the same way

दुःष्वप्न्यम्the evil of bad dreams / bad-dream affliction

सर्वम्all, entire

अप्रियॆin/into what is unwelcome; in the inauspicious

संtogether; completely

नयामसिwe lead/bring; we remove (lead away)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this late book is often generalized; consult Śaunakīya anukramaṇī for precise assignment).

Devata: Duṣvapnya (ill-dream) as the target; implicit protective power of the Atharvanic mantra.

Chandas: Mixed/late Atharvanic; approximates Anuṣṭubh cadence but not strictly regular.

Mantra Rasa

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