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

ให้พ้นจากโรคซูบสลาย จาก Taṅgalva จากผู้เป็นเงา และจากผู้เปลือย—เพื่อบุตร เพื่อสามี ขอ Piṅga จงคุ้มครองท่านโดยรอบ ให้พ้นจากพวกผู้เขมือบกินที่ชื่อ kīmīdin.

Word by Word

पवीनसात्from (the disease) pavīnasa (a wasting/consumptive ailment)

तङ्गल्वात्from taṅgalva (a named ailment/affliction)

छायकात्from chāyaka (a named disease/affliction)

उतand also

नग्नकात्from nagnaka (a named ailment/affliction)

प्रजायैfor offspring/progeny

पत्येfor the husband/lord

त्वाyou (as object)

पिङ्गःPiṅga (the tawny one; a protecting being)

परिaround; all around

पातुmay (he) protect

किमीदिनःof the kīmīdina (worm/parasite-like demon/affliction)

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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