Mantra 7

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तीर्थैस्तरन्ति प्रवतो महीरिति यज्ञकृतः सुकृतो येन यन्ति । अत्रादधुर्यजमानाय लोकं दिशो भूतानि यदकल्पयन्त

IAST Transliteration

tī́rthaís taranti praváto mahī́r íti yajñakṛ́taḥ sukṛ́to yéna yánti | átrā́dadhuḥ yájamānāya lokáṃ díśo bhūtā́ni yád ákalpayanta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘By the fords they cross the mighty slopes’: thus go the sacrifice-makers, the well-deserving, by that same way. Here have they established for the Sacrificer a world, when the Directions and the Beings set all in order.

Word by Word

तीर्थैःby/with the fords (crossing-places)

तरन्तिthey cross

प्रवतःthe streams/flows (downward currents)

महीःgreat, mighty

इतिthus

यज्ञकृतःthe performers of sacrifice

सुकृतःthe well-doers, meritorious ones

येनby which (path/means)

यन्तिthey go

अत्रhere

आtowards, unto

दधुःthey have placed/established

यजमानायfor the sacrificer

लोकम्a world, realm

दिशःthe directions (quarters)

भूतानिthe beings, creatures

यत्which (that which)

अकल्पयन्तthey arranged/ordained

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific anukramaṇī attribution uncertain without the index).

Devata: Directions (Diśaḥ), Bhūtāni (all beings), and the ritually constructed Loka.

Chandas: Likely triṣṭubh/jagatī cadence; requires critical metrical scan.

Mantra Rasa

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