Mantra 8

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नमस्ते प्राण प्राणते नमो अस्त्वपानते। पराचीनाय ते नमः प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः सर्वस्मै त इदं नमः

IAST Transliteration

námas te prā́ṇa prāṇaté námo astv apānaté | parācī́nāya te námaḥ pratīcī́nāya te námaḥ sárvasmai ta idáṃ námaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Obeisance be to thee, O Prāṇa, to thee that breathest; obeisance—let it be—to Apāna. To thee turned outward, obeisance; to thee turned inward, obeisance: to all of thee, to thee is this obeisance.

Translation

سُجودٌ لك، يا برانا (Prāṇa)، لك أيّها المتنفِّس؛ وسُجودٌ—فليكن كذلك—لأبانا (Apāna). لك المتوجِّه إلى الخارج سُجودٌ، ولك المتوجِّه إلى الداخل سُجودٌ؛ ولكلّك هذا السجود.

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

तेto/for you; your

प्राणO Prāṇa (life-breath)

प्राणतेto the breathing/living one

नमःobeisance

अस्तुlet it be

अपानतेto the downward-breathing one (Apāna)

पराचीनायto the outward/away-going one

तेto/for you

नमःobeisance

प्रतीचीनायto the inward/returning one

तेto/for you

नमःobeisance

सर्वस्मैto all; to the whole (one)

तेto/for you

इदम्this

नमःobeisance

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for prāṇa hymns)

Devata: Prāṇa (with Apāna and directional currents as aspects)

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic prose-verse tendencies in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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