Mantra 21

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पवीनसात् तङ्गल्वा३च्छायकादुत नग्नकात्। प्रजायै पत्ये त्वा पिङ्गः परि पातु किमीदिनः

IAST Transliteration

pavī́nasāt taṅgálvāc chā́yakād utá nágnakāt | prajā́yai pátye tvā piṅgáḥ pári pātu kīmīdínaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From wasting-sickness, from Taṅgalva, from the Shadow-one, and from the Naked-one— for offspring, for the husband, may Piṅga guard thee round about, from the kīmīdin devourers.

Translation

క్షయవ్యాధి నుండి, తంగల్వా (Taṅgalvā) నుండి, ఛాయాక (నోరు/భూతం) నుండి, నగ్నక (నగ్న-రూపం) నుండి— సంతానార్థం, భర్తార్థం— పింగ (Piṅga) నిన్ను చుట్టూరా కాపాడుగాక; కీమీదిన్ (kīmīdin) అనే కృమి-భక్షక గ్రాసకుల నుండి.

Word by Word

• पवीनसात्: from (the disease) pavīnasa (a wasting/consumptive ailment)
• पवीनसात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवीनस (प्रातिपदिक; रोग-नाम)

• तङ्गल्वात्: from taṅgalva (a named ailment/affliction)
• तङ्गल्वात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तङ्गल्व (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• छायकात्: from chāyaka (a named disease/affliction)
• छायकात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: छायक (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• नग्नकात्: from nagnaka (a named ailment/affliction)
• नग्नकात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग्नक (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• प्रजायै: for offspring/progeny
• प्रजायै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्ये: for the husband/lord
• पत्ये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिङ्गः: Piṅga (the tawny one; a protecting being)
• पिङ्गः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/देवता-नाम)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Adverb
• Root: परि

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; रक्षणे)

• किमीदिनः: of the kīmīdina (worm/parasite-like demon/affliction)
• किमीदिनः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किमीदिन (प्रातिपदिक; राक्षस/कृमि-जन्य-दोष/भूत-नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi uncertain without ancillary indices).

Devata: Piṅga (guardian); secondarily the expulsion of pavīnasa/taṅgalva/chāyaka/nagnaka/kīmīdin.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

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