Mantra 22

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्व्याऽस्याच्चतुरक्षात् पञ्चपदादनङ्गुरेः । वृन्तादभि प्रसर्पतः परि पाहि वरीवृतात्

IAST Transliteration

dvy-āsyā́c cátur-akṣā́t páñca-padād anaṅguréḥ | vṛ́ntād abhí prá-sarpataḥ pári pāhi varī-vṛtā́t ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From the two-mouthed, from the four-eyed, from the five-footed, from the fingerless; from the stalk-like strangler creeping on—guard (her) round about from straitness and enclosure.

Translation

ਦੋ-ਮੂੰਹੇ ਤੋਂ, ਚਾਰ-ਅੱਖੇ ਤੋਂ, ਪੰਜ-ਪੈਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੋਂ, ਉਂਗਲਾਂ-ਰਹਿਤ ਤੋਂ; ਅਤੇ ਡੰਡੀ ਵਰਗਾ ਗਲਾ ਘੁੱਟਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਜੋ ਰੇਂਗਦਾ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ— (ਉਸ ਨੂੰ) ਚਾਰੋਂ ਪਾਸੇ ਬਚਾ; ਤੰਗੀ ਅਤੇ ਘੇਰੇ/ਬੰਦਿਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰ।

Word by Word

द्विtwo-

आस्यात्from the mouth

चतुरक्षात्from the four-eyed (one)

पञ्चपदात्from the five-footed (one)

अनङ्गुरेःof the toeless/without-toes (one)

वृन्तात्from the stalk (of a plant)

अभिtowards, against

प्रसर्पतःcreeping forth, advancing

परिaround, all around

पाहिprotect!

वरीवृतात्from enclosure/obstruction; from what surrounds (danger)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here).

Devata: Protective power invoked by imperative ‘pāhi’ (often the amulet/guardian implicitly).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

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