Mantra 7

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वस्ति नो अस्त्वभयं नो अस्तु नमोऽहोरत्राभ्यामस्तु

IAST Transliteration

svastí no astv ábhayaṃ no astu námo 'horātrā́bhyām astu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Welfare be ours; and ours be fearlessness. Homage be rendered—yea, homage—to Day and Night.

Translation

আমাদের স্বস্তি (কল্যাণ) হোক; আমাদের অভয় (নির্ভয়তা) হোক। অহোরাত্র (দিন-রাত্রি)-কে নমস্কার—হ্যাঁ, দিন ও রাত্রি উভয়কেই নমস্কার।

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: well-being; auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) < सु- + अस्ति

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अभयम्: fearlessness; safety
• अभयम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभय (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• नमः: salutation; homage
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun (used as indeclinable salutation)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहोरात्राभ्याम्: to the day-and-night (pair)
• अहोरात्राभ्याम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अहोरात्र (समास-प्रातिपदिक: अहन् + रात्रि)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (svastyayana formula; r̥ṣi varies)

Devata: Ahorātra (Day and Night); Svasti/Abhaya as desired states

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short tri-pāda style)

Mantra Rasa

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