Mantra 13

Sukta 135

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरंगरो वावदीति त्रेधा बद्धो वरत्रया । इरामह प्रशंसत्यनिरामप सेधति

IAST Transliteration

araṅgaró vá̄vadīti tredhā́ baddhó varatráyā | irā́maha práśaṁsaty anirā́m ápa sedhati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The creaker ever sounds; bound threefold with a thong. The praiser of Irā proclaims it: it thrusts away sickness, leaving none of ill.

Translation

ଅରଂଗର (ଚରଚର ଧ୍ୱନି କରୁଥିବା) ସଦା ଶବ୍ଦ କରେ; ବରତ୍ରା (ଚର୍ମ-ପଟି) ଦ୍ୱାରା ଏହା ତ୍ରିଧା ଭାବେ ବନ୍ଧା। ଇରା (Irā)ଙ୍କ ସ୍ତୁତିକାର ଏହାକୁ ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରି ଘୋଷଣା କରେ: ଏହା ରୋଗକୁ ଦୂରେ ଠେଲିଦିଏ, କୌଣସି ଅସୁସ୍ଥତାକୁ ଅବଶେଷ ରଖେନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• अरंगरः: the ‘Araṅgara’ (a kind of bird/creature; here the subject)
• अरंगरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरंगर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावदीति: speaks out / calls
• वावदीति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

• त्रेधा: in three ways / threefold
• त्रेधा: अधिकारण (रीत्यर्थे/प्रकारे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिधा (अव्यय)

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √बन्ध् (क्त-प्रत्यय) → बद्ध

• वरत्रया: with a strap/halter
• वरत्रया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरत्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• इरा: Ira (nourishment/refreshment; personified)
• इरा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमहः: of illness / of harm
• अमहः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रशंसति: praises / proclaims
• प्रशंसति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (प्र-उपसर्ग)

• अनिरामम्: health / freedom from disease
• अनिरामम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिराम (प्रातिपदिक; a- + निराम)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सेधति: drives off / wards off / prevents
• सेधति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिध्/√सेध् (सेधति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/appendix tradition (AV20 is largely RV-derived; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this verse is uncertain without padānukramaṇī collation).

Devata: Apotropaic efficacy / Irā (nourishing power) as invoked support

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification against pada lengths)

Mantra Rasa

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