Mantra 8

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यं ग्राममाविशत इदमुग्रं सहो मम । पिशाचास्तस्मान्नश्यन्ति न पापमुप जानते

IAST Transliteration

yáṃ grā́mam āviśát idám ugráṃ sáho máma | piśācā́s tásmān naśyanti ná pā́pam úpa jā́nate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Into whatsoever village this my fierce and puissant Might hath entered, from that place the Piśācas vanish forth; nor do they win approach unto the Evil.

Translation

Bất cứ làng nào mà uy lực dữ dội, hùng mạnh này của ta đã đi vào, từ nơi ấy bọn Piśāca đều tan biến bỏ chạy; chúng cũng chẳng thể đến gần điều Ác.

Word by Word

यम्whom/which

ग्रामम्village, settlement

आtowards, into

विशतentered

इदम्this

उग्रम्fierce, formidable

सहःmight, overpowering force

ममmy

पिशाचाःPiśācas (ghoulish spirits)

तस्मात्from that (place/one)

नश्यन्तिperish, disappear

नnot

पापम्evil, sin, harm

उपtowards, near; (as preverb)

जानतेknow/recognize (as), perceive

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective for protective charms in this stratum)

Devata: Sahas/Mantra-power (apotropaic force); implicitly anti-Piśāca

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV village-protection verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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