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Mantra 8

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दिवो विष्ण उत वा पृथिव्या महो विष्ण उरोरन्तरिक्षात्। हस्तौ पृणस्व बहुभिर्वसव्यैराप्रयच्छ दक्षिणादोत सव्यात्

IAST Transliteration

divó viṣṇo utá vā pṛthivyā́ máho viṣṇo urór antárikṣāt | hástau pṛṇasva bahúbhir vasavyáir ā́ práyaccha dákṣiṇād úta savyā́t

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From heaven, O Viṣṇu, or from earth; from the Great, O Viṣṇu, from the wide mid-air—fill thou our hands with many a goodly treasure; bestow it hither from the right and from the left.

Translation

من السماء، يا فيشنو، أو من الأرض؛ ومن العظيم، يا فيشنو، من الفضاء الواسع بينهما—املأ أيدينا بخيراتٍ كثيرةٍ طيّبة؛ وامنحها إلينا من اليمين ومن الشمال.

Word by Word

दिवःfrom heaven / of heaven

विष्णोO Viṣṇu

उतand / also

वाor

पृथिव्याःfrom the earth / of the earth

महोfrom the great (region) / from greatness

विष्णोO Viṣṇu

उरोःfrom the wide (expanse)

अन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-air / atmosphere

हस्तौ(my/our) two hands

पृणस्वfill (them)!

बहुभिःwith many

वसव्यैःwith wealth-bestowing (things)

आtowards, unto

प्रयच्छbestow / hand over

दक्षिणात्from the right (side)

उतand / also

सव्यात्from the left (side)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-parallel tradition (Viṣṇu hymn complex; Atharvanic paustika reuse)

Devata: Viṣṇu (as all-pervading giver of vasu)

Chandas: Jagatī-like/expanded cadence (longer line; Atharvan transmission may vary)

Mantra Rasa

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