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Atharva Veda 7.112.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 112, Mantra 2

Sukta 112

मु॒ञ्चन्तु॑ मा शप॒थ्या॒३दथो॑ वरु॒ण्याऽदु॒त। अथो॑ य॒मस्य॒ पड्वी॑शा॒द् विश्व॑स्माद् देवकिल्बि॒षात्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.112.2

muñcántu mā śapathyā́d átho varuṇyā́d utá | átho yámasya paḍvī́śād víśvasmād deva-kílbiṣāt ||

Let them release me from the sin of oath and curse, and from the guilt that is Varuṇa’s; yea, and from Yama’s binding noose, from every god-wrought offence.

ขอให้เขาทั้งหลายปลดปล่อยข้าพเจ้าจากบาปแห่งคำสาบานและคำสาป และจากความผิดที่เป็นของวรุณะด้วย; อีกทั้งจากบ่วงผูกมัดของยมะ จากความล่วงเกินทั้งปวงอันเทพทั้งหลายก่อให้เกิด

मुञ्चन्तुlet them release (me)
मुञ्चन्तु:
(क्रिया) — predicate verb
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (मुचँ) — ‘to release, free’
माme
मा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (1st person pronoun) — enclitic form
शपथ्यात्from (the taint of) an oath/curse
शपथ्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootशपथ्य (शपथ- + -य) — ‘(sin/taint) from an oath/curse; perjury’
अथोand also / moreover
अथो:
(समुच्चय/अन्वय) — connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ उ (particle) — Vedic connective
वरुण्यात्from Varuṇa’s (bond/sin)
वरुण्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण्य (वरुण- + -य) — ‘(sin/taint) pertaining to Varuṇa’
उतand also
उत:
(समुच्चय) — connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (particle) — Vedic ‘and, also, even’
अथोand also
अथो:
(समुच्चय/अन्वय) — connector
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ उ (particle)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
(सम्बन्ध) — possessor/relational
TypeNoun
Rootयम (देवता) — ‘Yama’
पड्वीशात्from the noose/snare
पड्वीशात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपड्वीश (padvīśa) — ‘snare/noose; fetter’ (Vedic term)
विश्वस्मात्from everything / from all
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (sarva-arthaka adj. ‘all’)
देवकिल्बिषात्from divine guilt/sin (offence to the gods)
देवकिल्बिषात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेवकिल्बिष (देव + किल्बिष) — ‘sin/offence against the gods’

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Varuṇa, Yama; and the general category of ‘devas’ as moral enforcers

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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