Mantra 1

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। यथा कलां यथा शफं यथर्णं संनयन्ति । एवा दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वमप्रिये सं नयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yáthā kalā́m yáthā śapháṃ yáthárṇaṃ saṃnáyanti | evā́ duṣvápmyaṃ sárvam ápriye sáṃ nayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As men gather up a portion, as they gather up the hoof, as they gather up the wave’s mass—so do we gather up and convey, in its entirety, the evil of ill-dream unto the Unloved (the foe).

Translation

துஃஸ்வப்ன-நாசனம். மனிதர் ஒரு பங்கினைச் சேர்த்துக் கொள்வதுபோல், குளம்பினைச் சேர்த்துக் கொள்வதுபோல், அலைக்கூட்டத்தைச் சேர்த்துக் கொள்வதுபோல்—அவ்வாறே துஃஸ்வப்னத்தின் முழு தீமையையும் நாம் ஒன்றுசேர்த்து ‘அப்ரிய’ (பகைவர்) இடத்திற்குக் கொண்டு செல்கிறோம்.

Word by Word

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्(This is) a destroyer/remedy of bad dreams

यथाjust as / as

कलाम्a part/portion; (also) a digit/segment

यथाjust as

शफम्a hoof

यथाjust as

ऋणम्a debt

संनयन्तिthey bring together / they remove (by leading away)

एवthus / in the same way

दुःष्वप्न्यम्the evil of bad dreams / bad-dream affliction

सर्वम्all, entire

अप्रियॆin/into what is unwelcome; in the inauspicious

संtogether; completely

नयामसिwe lead/bring; we remove (lead away)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this late book is often generalized; consult Śaunakīya anukramaṇī for precise assignment).

Devata: Duṣvapnya (ill-dream) as the target; implicit protective power of the Atharvanic mantra.

Chandas: Mixed/late Atharvanic; approximates Anuṣṭubh cadence but not strictly regular.

Mantra Rasa

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