Mantra 3

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एकशतं लक्ष्म्यो३मर्त्यस्य साकं तन्वाऽजनुषोऽधि जाताः । तासां पापिष्ठा निरितः प्र हिण्मः शिवा अस्मभ्यं जातवेदो नि यच्छ

IAST Transliteration

ékaśataṃ lakṣmyò martyásya sā́kaṃ tanvā́ janúṣo’dhí jātā́ḥ | tāsā́ṃ pā́piṣṭhā níritáḥ prá hiṇmaḥ śivā́ asmábhyaṃ jātavedo ní yaccha ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A hundred are the Lakṣmīs of a mortal, born together with the body, from birth, set upon him. The most evil of them, from Nirrti, forth do we drive away; the kindly ones, O Jātavedas, do thou establish fast for us.

Translation

ਮਰਤਿਆ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਸੌ ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀਆਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ—ਜਨਮ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਦੇਹ ਨਾਲ ਇਕੱਠੀਆਂ ਜੰਮ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਟਿਕੀਆਂ ਰਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਨਿਰ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਤੋਂ ਆਈ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਾਪਿਸ਼ਠ ਨੂੰ ਅਸੀਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢ ਕੇ ਭਜਾ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਾਂ; ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਸ਼ਿਵਾ (ਕਲਿਆਣਕਾਰੀ) ਹਨ, ਹੇ ਜਾਤਵੇਦਸ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਟਿਕਾ ਦੇ।

Word by Word

• एकशतम्: one hundred
• एकशतम्: विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक-शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा समास: एक + शतम्

• लक्ष्म्यः: (the) Lakṣmīs; fortunes/prosperities
• लक्ष्म्यः: कर्तृ (जाताः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्यस्य: of a mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (लक्ष्म्यः—whose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• साकम्: together (with)
• साकम्: सह (सहकारक-अर्थे; तन्‍वा सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)

• तन्वा: with the body; with oneself
• तन्वा: करण/सह (साकम् इत्यनेन सह—‘with the body/self’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजनुषः: from birth
• अजनुषः: अपादान (origin: from birth)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अजनुष् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘from birth’)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: अधिकारण/उपपद (जा॒ताः इत्यस्य—‘upon/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• जाताः: born; arisen
• जाताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः—‘born/produced’)
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: √जन् (जायते) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)

• तासाम्: of those
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध (of those)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पापिष्ठा: the most evil (one)
• पापिष्ठा: कर्म (निरितः प्रहिण्मः—that which is to be driven away)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्ठ (तमप्/इष्ठ-प्रत्यय; superlative)

• निरितः: from Nirṛti; from misfortune/ruin
• निरितः: अपादान (from Nirṛti/misfortune)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘misfortune, destruction, evil power’)

• प्र: forth; away
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण (hiṇmas इत्यस्य—forth/away)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हिण्मः: we drive away; we send off
• हिण्मः: क्रिया (मुख्या)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हिण्/√हिण्म् (प्रहिण्मः = ‘we drive/send away’; धातु-परम्परा: √हिण् ‘to impel/drive’)

• शिवाः: auspicious; kindly
• शिवाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (लक्ष्म्यः—auspicious)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to/for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni; knower of births)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि/देवता-नाम)

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण (यच्छ इत्यस्य—down/into, firmly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यच्छ: grant; bestow; hold (for us)
• यच्छ: क्रिया (आज्ञा/प्रार्थना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति ‘to restrain/hold; to grant/assign’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Nirrti as the source-domain of the expelled portion

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed by syllable count in a critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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