शान्तिकर्मThe rite of peace
Verse 60
ये द्विषन्ति च मां नित्यं यांश्च द्विष्मो नरान् वयम् । आपो दुर्मित्रियास्तेषां सन्तु भक्षन्तु तानपि ॥ ६० ॥
yē dviṣanti ca māṁ nityaṁ yāṁśca dviṣmō narān vayam | āpō durmitriyāstēṣāṁ santu bhakṣantu tānapi || 60 ||
Translation
"Those who always hate me, and the men we hate: to them may the waters be unfriendly, and may they consume them."
Word by word
- yē
- those who
- dviṣanti
- hate
- ca
- and
- māṁ
- me
- nityaṁ
- always
- yāṁś
- (yān) whom
- dviṣmaḥ
- (dviṣmaḥ) we hate
- narān
- men
- vayam
- we
- āpaḥ
- (āpaḥ) the waters
- durmitriyāḥ
- (durmitriyāḥ) unfriendly
- tēṣāṁ
- to them
- santu
- may be
- bhakṣantu
- may consume
- tān
- them
- api
- also
Meaning
The mantra for the drops thrown to the ground, the counterpart of verse 58: the waters, friendly to the worshipper, are asked to be hostile to his enemies. The drops are thrown to the north-east.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the mantra for throwing the drops onto the ground: "ye dviṣanti".