Mantra 1

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभयम्। इदमुच्छ्रेयोऽवसानमागां शिवे मे द्यावापृथिवी अभूताम्। असपत्नाः प्रदिशो मे भवन्तु न वै त्वा द्विष्मो अभयं नो अस्तु

IAST Transliteration

abháyam | idám ucchrɛ́yo’vasā́nām ā́gāṃ śivé me dyā́vāpr̥thivī abhūtām | asapátnāḥ pradíśo me bhavantu ná vai tvā dviṣmó abháyaṃ no astu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fearlessness. Let this issue in higher good; let the ending come to rest in auspiciousness. For me let Heaven and Earth become benign. Let the quarters be for me without rival. Verily we hate thee not: let fearlessness be ours.

Word by Word

अभयम्fearlessness, safety

इदम्this

उच्छ्रेयःhigher good, prosperity

अवसानम्resting-place, end, settlement

आगाम्may it come/arrive

शिवेauspicious, gracious

मेfor me / my

द्यावाheaven (as one of the pair)

पृथिवीearth (as one of the pair)

अभूताम्may they be

असपत्नाःwithout rivals, unopposed

प्रदिशःdirections/quarters

मेfor me / my

भवन्तुmay they become/be

नnot

वैindeed, surely

त्वाyou

द्विष्मःwe hate

अभयम्fearlessness, safety

नःto us / for us

अस्तुmay it be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV śānti corpus; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Abhaya (Fearlessness) with Dyāvā-Pṛthivī and the Pradiśas (quarters) as supporting powers

Chandas: Mixed/late AV style; predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence (not strictly determinable from excerpt alone)

Mantra Rasa

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