Atharva Veda 4.24.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 1

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पापमोचनम्। इन्द्र॑स्य मन्महे॒ शश्व॒दिद॑स्य मन्महे वृत्र॒घ्न स्तोमा॒ उप॑ मे॒म आगुः॑ । यो दा॒शुषः॑ सु॒कृतो॒ हव॒मेति॒ स नो॑ मुञ्च॒त्वंह॑सः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.24.1

IAST Transliteration

pāpamócanam | índrasya manmahé śáśvad íd asya manmahé vṛtrághna stómā úpa mém ā́guḥ | yó dāśúṣaḥ sukṛtó hávam éti sá no muñcatv áṃhásaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sin’s loosening this. On Indra do we set our thought—yea, ever on him do we set our thought. O Vṛtra-slayer, praises have drawn near unto me, even these. He who unto the pious giver cometh at the call—let him release us from affliction and from sin.

Translation

Inilah pelepas dosa. Kepada Indra kami tujukan fikiran—ya, sentiasa kepadanya kami tujukan fikiran. Wahai pembunuh Vṛtra, puji-pujian ini telah mendekat kepadaku. Dia yang datang kepada pemberi yang saleh apabila diseru—semoga dia melepaskan kami daripada penderitaan dan daripada dosa.

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Word by Word

• पापमोचनम्: release from sin; sin-removal
• पापमोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापमोचन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + मोचन)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्महे: we think/esteem; we revere
• मन्महे: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मनुते/मन्यते) → मन्महे

• शश्वत्: always; continually
• शश्वत्: Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय)

• इद्: indeed; just
• इद्: (Emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• अस्य: of him/this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्महे: we revere
• मन्महे: Kriyā (repeated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् → मन्महे

• वृत्रघ्न: O Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रघ्न: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + घ्न ‘slayer’)

• स्तोमाः: hymns; praises
• स्तोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: (Directional/near)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradāna (recipient) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā (apposition to स्तोमाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आगुः: have come; came
• आगुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) with आ- → आगुः

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• दाशुषः: of the giver (worshipper)
• दाशुषः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दाश्/√दा ‘to give’ → दाश्वांस्/दाशुष् ‘giver’)

• सुकृतः: the well-doer; beneficent one
• सुकृतः: Kartā (apposition to यः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + कृत)

• हवम्: invocation; call
• हवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: comes; approaches
• एति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• नः: us / our
• नः: Karma (us) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्चतु: let (him) release
• मुञ्चतु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुञ्चति) → मुञ्चतु

• अंहसः: from sin/distress
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed to Angirasic/Indra-oriented seers in ancillary lists)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-mixed (Atharvanic; refrain-based)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta