Mantra 14

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्त ऊरू विहरत्यन्तरा दम्पती शये । योनिं यो अन्तरारेल्हि तमितो नाशयामसि

IAST Transliteration

yás ta ūrū́ víharaty ántarā dámpatī śáye | yónim yó ántarā rélhi tám itó nāśayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso between thy thighs doth roam, who lies between the wedded pair; who in-between doth lick the womb—him from hence we banish and destroy.

Translation

உன் தொடைகளின் இடையில் உலாவுவோன், மணமக்கள் இருவரின் நடுவில் படுப்போன்; நடுவில் யோனியை நக்குவோன்—அவனை இங்கிருந்தே நாம் விரட்டியும் அழித்தும் விடுகிறோம்.

Word by Word

यःwho (whoever)

तेyour

ऊरूthe two thighs

विहरतिmoves about / roams

अन्तराbetween, in the midst

दम्पतीof the married couple

शयेlies

योनिम्womb, vulva, place of generation

यःwho

अन्तराwithin, between

रेल्हिlicks / gnaws (intrudes sexually)

तम्him

इतःfrom here

नाशयामसिwe destroy / drive away

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: General rakṣā-power (anti-rakṣas), implicitly under Agni/brahman efficacy in the hymn complex

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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