Mantra 12

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं काशयामि वहतुं ब्रह्मणा गृहैरघोरेण चक्षुषा मित्रियेण । पर्याणद्धं विश्वरूपं यदस्ति स्योनं पतिभ्यः सविता तत् कृणोतु

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ kāśayāmi vahatúṃ bráhmaṇā gṛháir aghóreṇa cákṣuṣā mitríyeṇa | paryā́ṇaddhaṃ viśvá-rūpaṃ yád ásti syónáṃ patíbhyaḥ savitā́ tát kṛṇotu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I make the bridal-bearing wholly manifest, with sacred power, with the home, with benign eye, with friendly accord. Whatso is bound about, of every form and furnishing—let Savitar make that kindly for the husbands.

Word by Word

सम्together, completely (prefix)

काशयामिI cause to shine / I make manifest

वहतुम्to carry/lead (to convey)

ब्रह्मणाby sacred power / by prayer

गृहैःwith/through the houses (households)

अघोरेणwith the non-terrible/benign

चक्षुषाwith (the) eye; with sight

मित्रियेणfriendly, benevolent

पर्याणद्धम्bound around, girded

विश्व-रूपम्of all forms; manifold

यत्which/whatever

अस्तिis

स्योनम्pleasant, kindly, auspicious

पतिभ्यःfor the husbands / to the lords

सविताSavitṛ (the impeller, Sun-god)

तत्that

कृणोतुlet (him) make / may (he) do

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Savitṛ (principal); also Mitra-like concord as functional divinity; brahman as operative power.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like expansion (domestic liturgical prose-verse tendency; not strictly RV-regular)

Mantra Rasa

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