Mantra 23

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समुद्रं वः प्र हिणोमि स्वां योनिमपीतन । अरिष्टाः सर्वहायसो मा च नः किं चनाममत्

IAST Transliteration

samudráṁ vaḥ prá hiṇomi svā́ṁ yóniṁ apī́tan | áriṣṭāḥ sárvahāyaso mā́ ca naḥ kíṁ canā́mamat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the ocean I send you forth, unto your own proper womb: go ye and rest there. Unharmed, with every failing left behind—let naught whatsoever injure us.

Translation

உங்களை நான் சமுத்திரத்திற்கே அனுப்புகிறேன்—உங்கள் சொந்த யோனி (உரிய தங்குமிடம்) நோக்கி; அங்கே சென்று அமைதியாய் தங்குங்கள். எல்லா குறை/இழப்பையும் பின்னே விட்டுவிட்டு, அரிஷ்டா (அழிவிலா/அகாயம்) ஆக இருங்கள்—எங்களை எதுவும் எவ்விதத்திலும் காயப்படுத்தாதிருக்கட்டும்.

Word by Word

समुद्रम्the ocean

वःof you / your

प्रforth, forward

हिṇोमिI send/impel

स्वाम्one’s own

योनिम्womb; source; proper place

अपिalso; moreover

इतjust, indeed (emphatic particle)

नnot

अरिष्टाःunharmed, uninjured

सर्वहायसःwarding off/abandoning all harm (lit. ‘all-harm-removing’)

माdo not

चand

नःof us / our

किम्anything

चand

नामat all, indeed

अमत्may it not harm/afflict

Attribution

Rishi: Ātharvaṇa (traditional)

Devata: Āpaḥ / Samudra (as destination and cosmic yoni)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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