Mantra 13

Sukta 135

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरंगरो वावदीति त्रेधा बद्धो वरत्रया । इरामह प्रशंसत्यनिरामप सेधति

IAST Transliteration

araṅgaró vá̄vadīti tredhā́ baddhó varatráyā | irā́maha práśaṁsaty anirā́m ápa sedhati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The creaker ever sounds; bound threefold with a thong. The praiser of Irā proclaims it: it thrusts away sickness, leaving none of ill.

Translation

சரசர என்று ஒலிக்கும் ‘அரங்கர’ எப்போதும் ஒலிக்கிறது; வரத்ரா (தோல் பட்டை) கொண்டு மூன்று விதமாகக் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. இரா (Irā)வைப் புகழ்பவன் இதைச் சாற்றுகிறான்—இது நோயைத் தள்ளி அகற்றுகிறது; எந்த நோயும் மீதமிருக்காது.

Word by Word

अरंगरःthe ‘Araṅgara’ (a kind of bird/creature; here the subject)

वावदीतिspeaks out / calls

त्रेधाin three ways / threefold

बद्धःbound

वरत्रयाwith a strap/halter

इराIra (nourishment/refreshment; personified)

अमहःof illness / of harm

प्रशंसतिpraises / proclaims

अनिरामम्health / freedom from disease

अपaway

सेधतिdrives off / wards off / prevents

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/appendix tradition (AV20 is largely RV-derived; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this verse is uncertain without padānukramaṇī collation).

Devata: Apotropaic efficacy / Irā (nourishing power) as invoked support

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification against pada lengths)

Mantra Rasa

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