Mantra 19

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वप्नो वै तन्द्रीर्निरृतिः पाप्मानो नाम देवताः । जरा खालत्यं पालित्यं शरीरमनु प्राविशन्

IAST Transliteration

svapnó vai tandrī́r nírṛtiḥ pāpmā́no nā́ma devátāḥ | jarā́ khā́latyaṃ pā́lityaṃ śarī́ram ánu prā́viśan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sleep, drowsiness, Nirṛti—Evils by name, as Powers—old age, baldness, and greyness: these entered after and into the body.

Translation

ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ, ତନ୍ଦ୍ରୀ, ନିରୃତି—‘ପାପ୍ମାନ’ ନାମର ଦେବତା (ଶକ୍ତି)ମାନେ; ଜରା, ଖାଲତ୍ୟ (ଟାକୁଆପଣ), ପାଲିତ୍ୟ (କେଶ ଧଳାହେବା)—ଏସବୁ ପଛରୁ ଆସି ଶରୀରରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି ବ୍ୟାପିଗଲା।

Word by Word

• स्वप्नः: sleep; dream
• स्वप्नः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्वप् (शयने)

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• तन्द्रिः: drowsiness; lethargy
• तन्द्रिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्द्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरृतिः: Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
• निरृतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप्मानः: evils; maladies; sin-powers
• पाप्मानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name; called
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)

• देवताः: deities; divine powers
• देवताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• खालत्यं: baldness
• खालत्यं: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: खालत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पालित्यं: greyness (of hair)
• पालित्यं: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along; after; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्राविशन्: they entered; they pervaded
• प्राविशन्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अनु + √विश् (प्रवेशने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition of the Puruṣa/Śarīra hymn complex.

Devata: Pāpmānaḥ (evils) personified; Nirṛti prominently.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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