Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभ्रिये दिद्युन्नक्षत्रिये या विश्वावसुं गन्धर्वं सचध्वे । ताभ्यो वो देवीर्नम इत् कृणोमि

IAST Transliteration

abhriyé didyút nakṣatríye yā́ viśvā́vasuṃ gandharváṃ sacádhve | tā́bhyo vo devī́r náma ít kṛṇomi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Abhriyā, to the flashing One, to Nakṣatriyā—to you Goddesses who consort with Viśvāvasu the Gandharva—to those, to you, O Goddesses, I verily make obeisance.

Word by Word

अभ्रियेto/for Abhrī (a goddess/name)

दिद्युन्Didhyun (a name; the shining one)

नक्षत्रियेin/among the Nakṣatriyas (star-deities)

याwho (she)

विश्वावसुम्Viśvāvasu (name)

गन्धर्वम्the Gandharva

सचध्वेyou (pl.) accompany/consort with

ताभ्यःfrom those / of those (f.)

वःof you (pl.)

देवीःO goddesses / the goddesses

नमःreverence, homage

इत्indeed, just

कृणोमिI make/do (I offer)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for such protective formulae)

Devata: Abhriyā; Didyut; Nakṣatriyā; and the associated Gandharva Viśvāvasu (as the consorted/attended male spirit)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-structure; transmitted as a single verse with a caesura at the danda)

Mantra Rasa

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