Mantra 35

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वायां त्वा दिशि पुरा संवृतः स्वधायामा दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यामिवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvā́yāṁ tvā diśí purā́ saṁvṛtáḥ svadhā́yā́m ā́ dadhāmi bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m-iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṁ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the upward quarter, as erst was done, enclosed in Svadhā, I set thee—released from mortal arms—upon the Earth, as though aloft like Heaven. We worship the World-fashioners, the Path-fashioners, who have their portion in the gods’ oblations: be ye here present.

Translation

In der aufwärts gerichteten Himmelsrichtung, wie es einst geschah, in Svadhā (svadhā) eingeschlossen, setze ich dich—aus sterblichen Armen entlassen—auf die Erde, als wärest du oben wie der Himmel. Wir verehren die Weltschöpfer, die Wegbereiter, deren Anteil in den Opfergaben für die Götter liegt: seid hier zugegen.

Word by Word

ऊर्ध्वायाम्in the upper (direction)

त्वाyou (as object)

दिशिin the direction

पुराformerly, before

संवृतःenclosed, covered

स्वधायाम्in/with svadhā (ancestral oblation-power)

आunto, toward

दधामिI place, I set

बाहुच्युताःfallen from the arms (i.e., slipping away)

पृथिवीthe Earth

द्याम्the heaven, sky

इवlike, as

उपरिabove

लोककृतःworld-makers, creators of the world

पथिकृतःpath-makers, makers of the path

यजामहेwe worship, we sacrifice

येwho (those who)

देवानाम्of the gods

हुतभागाःhaving a share in the oblation; oblation-partakers

इहhere

स्थyou (pl.) stand/are present

Attribution

Rishi: Antyeṣṭi/Pitṛmedha Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Pitṛ-associated ‘world- and path-makers’

Chandas: Mixed; cadence comparable to the adjacent verse (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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