Mantra 7

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विवस्वांछमन्तकः । उत्पाताः पार्थिवान्तरिक्षाः शं नो दिविचरा ग्रहाः

IAST Transliteration

śáṃ no mitráḥ śáṃ váruṇaḥ śáṃ vivásvāṃś śám ántakaḥ | utpātā́ḥ pārthivā́ntárikṣā́ḥ śáṃ no divícarā́ gráhā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Weal be to us from Mitra, weal from Varuṇa; weal from Vivasvant, and weal from Antaka. The portents, terrestrial and of mid-air—may the heaven-roaming Seizers be weal to us.

Word by Word

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भावे—‘कल्याणरूपेण/शिवाय’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / √शम् (शमुँ) ‘शमने’ (अर्थ-आधार)

• नः: to/for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-लाभ-प्राप्त्यर्थे ‘to us/for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रः: Mitra (the deity Mitra)
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भावे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भावे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (the Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भावे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तकः: Antaka (Death; the ender)
• अन्तकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्पाताः: portents; ominous phenomena
• उत्पाताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)

• पार्थिवाः: earthly; terrestrial
• पार्थिवाः: Kartā (विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षाः: of the mid-air; atmospheric
• अन्तरिक्षाः: Kartā (विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: Adhikaraṇa (भावे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to/for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिविचराः: moving in heaven; celestial-wandering
• दिविचराः: Kartā (विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिवि-चर (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: दिवि + चर)

• ग्रहाः: seizers; planets/demonic graspers (grahas)
• ग्रहाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (śānti-hymn; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa; Vivasvant (Sun); Antaka (Death); Utpāta; Graha

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant śānti cadence; mixed pāda-length possible)

Mantra Rasa

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