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Mantra 10

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभि तं निरृतिर्धत्तामश्वमिवाश्वाभिधान्या । मल्वो यो मह्यं क्रुध्यति स उ पाशान्नमुच्यते

IAST Transliteration

abhí táṃ nírr̥tiḥ dhattām áśvam ivāśvābhidhā́nyā | malvó yó máhyaṃ krúdhyati sá u pāśā́n ná mucyate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Nirṛti set upon him, as horse-halter on a horse: the Malva who is wroth with me—verily he is not loosed from the noose.

Translation

Nguyện Nirṛti (nữ thần của sự hủy diệt và điềm dữ) ập xuống kẻ ấy, như dây cương–hàm thiếc tròng lên ngựa. Kẻ Malva (Malva) nào nổi giận với ta—quả thật hắn không được tháo khỏi thòng lọng.

Word by Word

अभिtowards, against, upon

तम्him/that (one)

निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)

धत्ताम्let (two) place/put

अश्वम्a horse

इवlike, as

अश्वाभिधान्या(she/it) having ‘horse’ as its name; horse-named

मल्वःMalva (a person/tribal name; the Malva man)

यःwho

मह्यम्to me

क्रुध्यतिis angry (with), rages

सःhe

उindeed, surely

पाशात्from the noose/bond

नnot

मुच्यतेis released/freed

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic charm-tradition (verse-level attribution uncertain)

Devata: Nirṛti (Destruction/Calamity) as binding agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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