Mantra 14

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अमोतं वासो दद्याद्धिरण्यमपि दक्षिणाम्। तथा लोकान्त्समाप्नोति ये दिव्या ये च पार्थिवाः

IAST Transliteration

amótam vā́so dadyā́d híraṇyam ápi dákṣiṇām | tathā́ lokā́n sam-ā́pnoti yé divyā́ yé ca pārthivā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him give a choice garment, and gold also, as dakṣiṇā: thus doth he fully attain the worlds—those that are heavenly and those that are earthly.

Translation

সে উৎকৃষ্ট বস্ত্র দিক, এবং দক্ষিণা রূপে স্বর্ণও দিক। এইভাবে সে সম্পূর্ণরূপে সেই সকল লোক লাভ করে—যেগুলি দিব্য এবং যেগুলি পার্থিব।

Word by Word

अमोतम्a (particular) garment/cloth (as an item to be given)

वासःgarment, clothing

दद्यात्should give

हिरण्यम्gold

अपिalso, even

दक्षिणाम्a sacrificial fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)

तथाthus, in that manner

लोकान्worlds, realms

समाप्नोतिattains, reaches

येwhich (worlds)

दिव्याःheavenly, celestial

येwhich (worlds)

चand

पार्थिवाःearthly, terrestrial

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Dakṣiṇā/Śrī as functional divinity (implicit); ‘worlds’ as goal

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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