Mantra 4

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुर्णामा च सुनामा चोभा संवृतमिच्छतः । अरायानप हन्मः सुनामा स्त्रैणमिच्छताम्

IAST Transliteration

durṇā́mā ca sunā́mā cobhā́ sáṃvṛtam icchataḥ | arāyā́n ápa hanmaḥ sunā́mā stráiṇam icchatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ill-name and Good-name—both seek the closed-in state. The malign we smite away: let Good-name, womanly good fortune, be for her who would have it.

Translation

Дурное имя и доброе имя — оба ищут замкнутого, заключённого состояния. Злонамеренное мы поражаем и отводим прочь; да будет Доброе-имя — женская благодать и счастье — для той, кто его желает.

Word by Word

• दुर्णामा: the ill-named one (evil-named person/thing)
• दुर्णामा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: दुर्-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘दुर्णामन्’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुनामा: the well-named one (good-named person/thing)
• सुनामा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘सुनामन्’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उभा: both
• उभा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक: ‘उभ’)

• संवृतम्: covered, enclosed
• संवृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्+√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) → संवृत (कृदन्त)

• इच्छतः: (the two) desiring, seeking
• इच्छतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (इच्छायाम्)

• अरायान्: enemies, hostile beings
• अरायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराय (प्रातिपदिक: ‘अराय’ = enemy/hostile one)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अप

• हन्मः: we strike/kill
• हन्मः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हिंसायाम्)

• सुनामा: the well-named one
• सुनामा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘सुनामन्’)

• स्त्रैणम्: womanly/feminine (thing/quality)
• स्त्रैणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रैण (प्रातिपदिक: ‘स्त्रैण’)

• इच्छताम्: of those desiring/ seeking
• इच्छताम्: —
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (इच्छायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Sunāman (Auspicious Name/Good repute) opposed to Durṇāman; arāyas as adversaries

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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