Mantra 55
Sukta 3
प्राच्यै त्वा दिशे३ग्नयेऽधिपतयेऽसिताय रक्षित्र आदित्यायेषुमते । एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम
prā́cyai tvā diśé ’gnáye ’dhipátaye ’sitā́ya rakṣitré ādityā́yeṣumate | etáṃ pári dadmás táṃ no gopāyatā́smākam aitóḥ | diṣṭáṃ no átra járase ní neṣaj jarā́ mṛtyáve pári ṇo dadātv átha pakvéna sahá sám bhavema ||
To the Eastern Quarter thee we commit—unto Agni the Overlord, unto Asita the Guardian, unto the Āditya armed with arrows. This do we set about: let it guard us from the assailant that comes against our own. Let the appointed ill here settle for old age; let Old Age assign us away from Death; then with full ripeness may we together be made whole.
إلى الجهةِ الشرقيّة نُسلِّمك—إلى أغني (Agni) السيّد، وإلى أسيتا (Asita) الحارس، وإلى الآديتيا (Āditya) ذي السهام. هذا الطَّوقَ نُقيمه من حولنا: فليَحْفَظْنا من المعتدي القادم على ما هو لنا. وليستقرّ الشرُّ المعيَّن هنا في الشيخوخة؛ ولتُبعِدْنا الشيخوخةُ عن الموت؛ ثمّ لِنَكُنْ مع النُّضج (pakva) في اجتماعٍ ووئام.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AVŚ 12.3; anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Regents of the East: Agni (adhipati), Asita (rakṣitṛ), Āditya (iṣumat)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-expanded / mixed (Atharvanic liturgical prose-verse)
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