Mantra 26

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अप्रजास्त्वं मार्तवत्समाद् रोदमघमावयम्। वृक्षादिव स्रजं कृत्वाप्रिये प्रति मुञ्च तत्

IAST Transliteration

aprajā́s tvaṃ mā́rtavatsam ā́d ródam aghám ā́vayam | vṛkṣā́d iva srájaṃ kṛtvā́priye práti muñca tát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Childless be thou, with mortal brood: from us we drive away the weeping, the evil. As from a tree one strips a garland off, so cast thou that away—send it back upon the unloved.

Translation

ขอให้เจ้าปราศจากบุตร มีแต่เชื้อสายอันต้องตาย เราขับไล่ความร่ำไห้และความชั่วร้ายออกจากเรา ดังปลดพวงมาลัยออกจากต้นไม้ ฉันใด เจ้าจงสลัดสิ่งนั้นทิ้งฉันนั้น—ส่งมันกลับไปยังผู้ไม่เป็นที่รัก

Word by Word

अप्रजाःO childless one

त्वम्you

मार्तवत्सम्a mortal-like calf/offspring (a mortal’s young)

आत्forth, out; then/indeed (Vedic particle)

रोदम्weeping, lamentation

अघम्evil, sin, misfortune

आवयम्(we) drive/bring away (Vedic); or ‘then we’ (if read as आ वयम्)

वृक्षात्from a tree

इवlike, as

स्रजम्garland, wreath

कृत्वाhaving made

अप्रियेin/for the unloved (one)

प्रतिtowards, against

मुञ्चrelease, let go, cast off

तत्that (it)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)

Devata: Primarily the expelled evil/hostile agent (rakṣas/graha) addressed; operative power is the mantra itself

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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