Mantra 2

Sukta 110

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्येष्ठघ्न्यं जातो विचृतोर्यमस्य मूलबर्हणात् परि पाह्येनम्। अत्येनं नेषद् दुरितानि विश्वा दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय

IAST Transliteration

jyeṣṭhaghnyàṃ jātó vicṛ́tor yámásya mū́labárhaṇāt pári pāhy enam | áty enaṃ neṣad duritā́ni víśvā dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From that elder-slaying power, born of Yama’s rending Disperser—from the root-uprooting—do thou guard him round about. So may he be led beyond all misfortunes, unto long-livedness, unto a hundred autumns.

Translation

Khỏi sức mạnh “giết bậc trưởng thượng” ấy—sinh từ kẻ xé rách, kẻ phân tán của Yama, từ kẻ nhổ bật tận gốc—xin Ngài hãy che chở người này bốn phía. Nguyện người ấy được dẫn vượt qua mọi tai ương, đến trường thọ, đến trăm mùa thu.

Word by Word

ज्येष्ठघ्न्यम्the ‘eldest-slaying’ (demon/evil), i.e., that which kills the firstborn/eldest

जातःborn, arisen

विचृतःhaving wandered about; roaming

उर्यमस्यof Yama (as ‘wide/lofty’—urya- epithet)

मूलबर्हणात्from the uprooting at the root; from root-tearing

परिaround; completely

पाहिprotect!

एनम्him/this one

अतिbeyond; over

एनम्him

नेषत्may (it/he) lead; led

दुरितानिevils, misfortunes, sins

विश्वाall

दीर्घायुत्वायfor long life

शतशारदायfor (a life of) a hundred autumns; for a hundred years

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Protective power against Yama/death; implicitly a guardian deity invoked by imperative ‘pāhi.’

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (requires scansion; the verse is longer than anuṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

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