Mantra 11

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नयतामून् मृत्युदूता यमदूता अपोम्भत । परःसहस्रा हन्यन्तां तृणेढ्वेनान् मत्यं भवस्य

IAST Transliteration

náyata ’mū́n mṛtyudūtā́ yamádūtā́ apómbhata | paráḥ-sahasrā́ hanyantāṃ tṛṇéḍhve enā́n matyáṃ bhávasyā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lead ye those yonder, O messengers of Death, messengers of Yama; sweep them away. Let them be smitten beyond a thousand; trample ye these to grass—into the mortal lot, by Bhava’s power.

Translation

हे मृत्युदूता, हे यमदूता, त्या तिकडीलांना घेऊन जा; त्यांना झाडून दूर करा. ते हजारापलीकडे दूर ठिकाणी घायाळ/संहारले जावोत; ह्यांना गवतासारखे तुडवा—भवाच्या सामर्थ्याने मर्त्य-भाग्यात.

Word by Word

नयताम्let (them) lead / carry away

ऊनthese (persons/ones)

मृत्युदूताःmessengers of Death

यमदूताःmessengers of Yama

अपोम्भतthey drove away / removed

परःसहस्राः(those) beyond a thousand / very many

हन्यन्ताम्let them be slain / be struck down

तृणेin/like grass

इध्वेkindle! / blaze!

एनान्these (ones)

मत्यम्a mortal / man

भवस्यof Bhava (a name of Rudra/Śiva)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without anukramaṇī.

Devata: Mṛtyu, Yama, and Bhava (Rudra-aspect)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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