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Mantra 27

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् त्वाहार्षं पञ्चशलादथो दशशलादुत। अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात्

IAST Transliteration

út tvā́hārṣam páñca-śalād átho dáśa-śalād utá | átho yámasya padvī́śād víśvasmād deva-kílbiṣāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I have lifted thee forth from the fivefold snare, and also from the tenfold snare; yea, moreover from Yama’s binding, from every god-provoked offence.

Translation

நான் உன்னை பஞ்சசலா (ஐந்தடுக்கு வலை) இலிருந்து, மேலும் தசசலா (பத்தடுக்கு வலை) இலிருந்தும் உயர்த்தி வெளியேற்றினேன்; அதுமட்டுமல்ல, யமனின் பந்தனத்திலிருந்தும், எல்லாவித தேவகில்பிஷம் (தேவரால் தூண்டப்பட்ட குற்றம்) இலிருந்தும் கூட.

Word by Word

उत्up, out (prefix/particle)

त्वाyou (acc. sg.)

अहार्षम्I lifted/removed (took away)

पञ्चशालात्from the fivefold enclosure/‘five-shed’ (place of confinement)

अथोand then/also

दशशालात्from the tenfold enclosure/‘ten-shed’

उतand, also

अथोand also

यमस्यof Yama (lord of death)

पड्वीशात्from the snare/cord (of Yama)

विश्वस्मात्from every (source), from all

देवकिल्बिषात्from sin/offence against the gods

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Deliverance-power; Yama as adversarial reference (not propitiatory)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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