Mantra 1

Sukta 100

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। पर्यावर्ते दुष्वप्न्यात् पापात् स्वप्न्यादभूत्याः ।

IAST Transliteration

páryāvarté duḥsvápnyāt pāpā́t svápnyād ábhūtyāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I turn it back on every side—from evil dream, from ill, from dream-begotten mischief, from lack of thriving.

Translation

ਦੁಃਸ੍ਵਪ੍ਨਨਾਸ਼ਨ—ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਚੌਹੀਂ ਪਾਸੀਂ ਵਾਪਸ ਮੋੜ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ: ਦੁੱਃਸੁਪਨੇ ਤੋਂ, ਪਾਪ ਤੋਂ, ਸੁਪਨੇ-ਜਨਿਤ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਟ ਤੋਂ, ਅਤੇ ਅਭੂਤੀ (ਅਵਿਕਾਸ/ਅਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ) ਤੋਂ।

Word by Word

• प॒रि: around; away (as a preverb with the verb)
• प॒रि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix/preverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) / परि-

• आवर्ते: I turn away / I turn back (to ward off)
• आवर्ते: Kartā (अहं) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तते/आवर्तते) — ‘to turn, return, roll’

• दुःस्वप्न्यात्: from the evil dream (affliction)
• दुःस्वप्न्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःस्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘bad dream’ as an afflicting agency)

• पापात्: from sin/evil
• पापात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• स्वप्न्यात्: from (harm) arising from dreams
• स्वप्न्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘dream-related (affliction)’)

• अभूत्या: from misfortune / ill-luck
• अभूत्या: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभूति (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘non-being, misfortune, failure, ill-luck’)

Attribution

Rishi: Requires hymn colophon consultation.

Devata: Apotropaic power of the mantra; implicitly Śānti (pacification) against duḥsvapna.

Chandas: Short anuṣṭubh-like pāda compressed into a single line (formulaic).

Mantra Rasa

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