Mantra 24

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपेहि मनसस्पतेऽप क्राम परश्चर । परो निरृत्या आ चक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः

IAST Transliteration

apéhi manasas-páte’pa krāma paráś cara | paró nírṛtyā ā́ cakṣva bahudhā́ jīvató mánaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Depart, O Lord of Mind; step away, and roam afar. Far from Nirṛti turn thy gaze: behold, in manifold wise, the mind of him that liveth.

Translation

Afasta-te, ó Senhor da mente; recua e vagueia ao longe. Desvia teu olhar para longe de Nirṛti: contempla, de muitos modos, a mente daquele que vive.

Word by Word

अपेहिgo away, depart

मनसःof the mind

पतेO lord/master

अपaway, off

क्रामstep away, go

परःfarther, beyond

चरmove about, go

परोstill farther away

निरृत्याःfrom Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)

आtowards, hither

चक्ष्वlook (towards), behold

बहुधाin many ways, variously

जीवतःof the living (person)

मनःmind

Attribution

Rishi: Kāśyapa (by hymn-series association; not explicit in this verse)

Devata: Manasaspati (Lord of Mind); Nirṛti as the avoided power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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