Mantra 1

Sukta 45

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आञ्जनम्। ऋणादृणमिव संनयन् कृत्यां कृत्याकृतो गृहम्। चक्षुर्मन्त्रस्य दुर्हार्दः पृष्टीरपि शृणाञ्जन

IAST Transliteration

ā́ñjanam | ṛṇā́d ṛṇám iva sánnayan kṛ́tyāṁ kṛtyākṛ́to gṛhám | cákṣur mantrásya durhā́rdaḥ pṛṣṭī́r ápi śṛṇa ā́ñjana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Anjana! As one settles debt from debt, so, bringing it to account, do thou remove the kṛtyā—yea, the house of him who wrought the kṛtyā. O stout-hearted one, the mantra’s eye, shatter also their backs, O Anjana.

Translation

Hỡi Anjana! Như người lấy nợ trả nợ, đem mọi khoản vào sổ mà dàn xếp thế nào, thì ngươi cũng vậy: hãy đem ra đối chiếu mà trừ diệt kṛtyā—phải, hãy trừ khỏi ngôi nhà của kẻ đã làm kṛtyā ấy. Hỡi đấng gan dạ, con mắt của thần chú, hãy nghiền nát cả lưng của chúng nữa, hỡi Anjana.

Word by Word

• आञ्जनम्: collyrium; an ointment/eye-salve
• आञ्जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √अञ्ज् ‘लेपने/अञ्जने’ से निष्पन्न)

• ऋणात्: from debt
• ऋणात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋणम्: debt
• ऋणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संनयन्: bringing together; leading/collecting
• संनयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: सम्-√नी (नयति)

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful spell
• कृत्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्या-कृतः: one who has performed witchcraft; spell-doer
• कृत्या-कृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्या-कृत (समास; कृत्या + कृत ‘done/made’)

• गृहम्: house; home
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्त्रस्य: of the mantra/spell
• मन्त्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: hard-hearted; ill-disposed
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: दुर्हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्- + हार्द ‘heart/inner feeling’)

• पृष्टीः: backs; hind-parts (i.e., to be driven away)
• पृष्टीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• शृण: smite; drive away
• शृण: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शृ (शृणोति/शृणु) ‘हिंसायाम्/क्षेपे’ (आथर्वणीय प्रयोगे: ‘drive away, strike off’)

• आञ्जन: O collyrium/ointment (addressed)
• आञ्जन: Sampradāna (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative) / address
• Root: आञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक; √अञ्ज्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anjana hymn complex)

Devata: Āñjana (personified remedy) as chief; kṛtyā as adversary

Chandas: Mixed/late style; largely Anuṣṭubh cadence

Mantra Rasa

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