Mantra 2

Sukta 117

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहैव सन्तः प्रति दद्म एनज्जीवा जीवेभ्यो नि हराम एनत्। अपमित्य धान्यं१ यज्जघसाहमिदं तदग्ने अनृणो भवामि

IAST Transliteration

iháiva sántaḥ práti dadmá enaj jīvā́ jīvébhyo ní harāma enat | apamítya dhā́nyam yáj jaghā́sā́ham idáṃ tád agne anṛṇó bhavāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here, even here, while yet we live, we pay it back; we living render to the living, and wholly bear away this burden. O Misfortune—this grain which I have eaten—therewith, O Agni, for that very cause, I become discharged from debt.

Translation

ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೇ—ಹೌದು, ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೇ—ನಾವು ಇನ್ನೂ ಜೀವಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗಲೇ ಇದನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೊಡುತ್ತೇವೆ; ನಾವು ಜೀವಂತರು, ಜೀವಂತರಿಗೇ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ; ಈ ಭಾರವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಹೇ ಅಪಮಿತಿ (ದುರ್ಭಾಗ್ಯ), ನಾನು ತಿಂದ ಈ ಧಾನ್ಯದಿಂದ—ಅದೇ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ, ಹೇ ಅಗ್ನೇ, ನಾನು ಋಣಮುಕ್ತ (ಅನೃಣ)ನಾಗುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Word by Word

इहhere

एवindeed/just

सन्तःbeing (present), existing

प्रतिback/again; towards

दद्मःwe give

एनत्this (it)

जीवाःalive; living ones

जीवेभ्यःto/for the living

निdown/away (prefix)

हरामःwe take away/remove

एनत्this (it)

अपमित्यby mis-measure; wrongly

धान्यम्grain; food

यत्which/that (what)

जघासhas eaten/ate

अहम्I

इदम्this

तत्that

अग्नेO Agni

अनृणःfree from debt/obligation

भवामिI become / may I be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anṛṇya cluster)

Devata: Agni; with apamitya as expelled evil

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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