Mantra 48

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनड्वाहं प्लवमन्वारभध्वं स वो निर्वक्षद् दुरितादवद्यात्। आ रोहत सवितुर्नावमेतां षड्भिरुर्वीभिरमतिं तरेम

IAST Transliteration

anaḍvā́haṃ plavám anvā́rabhadhvaṃ sá vo nírvakṣad duritā́d avadyā́t | ā́ rohata savitúr nā́vam etā́ṃ ṣáḍbhir urvī́bhir ámatiṃ tarema

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lay hold upon the draught-ox, the float: may it bear you forth from trouble and from blame. Mount ye this boat of Savitar; with six broad supports may we pass beyond unwisdom.

Word by Word

अनड्वाहम्the ox/bull (draught-ox)

प्लवम्boat, raft

अनुafter, along

आरभध्वम्take hold (of), grasp

सःhe/that (one)

वःfor you / of you

निःout, forth

वक्षत्may (he) carry/lead out

दुरितात्from misfortune/sin

अवद्यात्from blame/evil, from what is reprehensible

आtowards, onto

रोहतmount, climb

सवितुःof Savitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)

नावम्boat

एताम्this

षड्भिःwith six

उर्वीभिःwith broad/expansive (ones) (i.e., broad supports/earths/regions)

अमतिम्lack of thought, folly, distress

तरेमmay we cross over

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for AV 12.2 sequences (edition-dependent).

Devata: Savitar (as conductor of safe passage) and the personified ‘boat/raft’ as instrument of deliverance.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV mixed meters; this verse scans close to triṣṭubh/jagatī tendencies depending on pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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