Atharva Veda 7.83.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 83, Mantra 4

Sukta 83

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रास्मत् पाशा॑न् वरुण मुञ्च॒ सर्वा॒न् य उ॑त्त॒मा अ॑ध॒मा वा॑रु॒णा ये । दु॒ष्वप्न्यं॑ दुरि॒तं नि ष्वा॒स्मदथ॑ गच्छेम सुकृ॒तस्य॑ लो॒कम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.83.4

IAST Transliteration

prá asmát pā́śān váruṇa muñca sárvān yá u uttamā́ ádhamā vāruṇā́ yé | duṣvápnyaṁ duritáṁ ní ṣv asmád áthā gacchema sukṛ́tasya lokám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Release from us, O Varuṇa, all nooses—those Varuṇian bonds, whether uppermost or lowermost. Set down and wholly remove from us the evil dream and the mischance; then may we go to the world of the well-earned good.

Translation

Lepaskanlah daripada kami, wahai Varuṇa, segala jerat—ikatan Varuṇa itu, sama ada yang paling atas atau yang paling bawah. Letakkanlah dan jauhkan sepenuhnya daripada kami mimpi buruk dan kemalangan; kemudian semoga kami pergi ke alam kebaikan yang diperoleh dengan layak.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, away (prefix)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाशान्: nooses, bonds
• पाशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: Sambodhana (addressed agent)
• Type: Noun (proper/deity)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुञ्च: release!
• मुञ्च: (requested) Kartā = Varuṇa; action on object
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which (one)
• यः: Kartā (of implied 'is/are')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमाः: highest, uppermost
• उत्तमाः: Kartā (predicative with relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधमाः: lowest, inferior
• अधमाः: Kartā (predicative with relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• आरुणाः: Varuṇa’s (āruna), ruddy/pertaining to Varuṇa
• आरुणाः: Kartā (predicative with relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which (are)
• ये: Kartā (of implied 'are')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream, nightmare (harmful omen)
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: दुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; from दुष्+स्वप्न)

• दुरितम्: misfortune, sin, evil
• दुरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, away (prefix)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्व: us
• स्व: Karma (of 'remove')
• Type: Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अथ: then, and then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (निपात)

• गच्छेम: may we go/attain
• गच्छेम: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• सुकृतस्य: of merit, of good deed
• सुकृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (goal of going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: As per Atharvanic anukramaṇī for Varuṇa-release material (variable by tradition)

Devata: Varuṇa; secondarily the abstract ‘sukṛta-loka’ as desired state

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara