Mantra 1

Sukta 84

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निर्ऋतिमोचनम्। यस्यास्त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्येषां बद्धानामवसर्जनाय कम्। भूमिरिति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निरृतिरिति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः

IAST Transliteration

nírṛti-mócanaṃ | yásyās te ā́sani ghóre juhómy eṣā́ṃ baddhā́nām avasárjanāya kám | bhū́mir íti tvā́bhi-prá-manvate jánā nírṛtir íti tvā́háṃ pári véda sárvataḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A loosening from Nirṛti. On thy dreadful seat I offer, for the releasing of these that are bound. ‘Earth,’ so men conceive and name thee; ‘Nirṛti,’ so I, on every side, know thee.

Translation

【Sự tháo gỡ khỏi Nirṛti】Trên chỗ ngự đáng sợ của ngươi, ta dâng lễ cúng lửa, để giải thoát những kẻ đang bị trói buộc này. Người đời gọi ngươi là “Đất (Bhūmi)”; còn ta, từ mọi phía, biết ngươi là “Nirṛti”.

Word by Word

यस्यान्of whom / whose

तेto you / for you

आसनिin the seat / on the sitting-place

घोरेterrible, dreadful

जुहोमिI offer (into fire), I sacrifice

एषाम्of these

बद्धानाम्of the bound (ones)

अवसर्जनायfor releasing, for letting go

कम्whom?/what? (interrogative object)

भूमिःEarth

इतिthus, ‘as’ (quotative)

त्वाyou

अभिप्रमन्वतेthey consider/recognize (you) as

जनाःpeople

निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of dissolution/misfortune)

इतिthus, ‘as’

त्वाyou

अहम्I

परिaround, all about

वेदknows

सर्वतःfrom all sides, entirely

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Nirṛti (and implicitly Bhūmi as the receiving/covering power)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic anuṣṭubh tendency (long pādas; AV style)

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"bhayankara","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_arc":"Confront dread → assert knowledge/mastery → release → quiet relief.","listener_experience":"A solemn sense of protection: fear is acknowledged, then contained and discharged.","intensity":7}