Mantra 3
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सूर्य चक्षुषा मा पाहि स्वाहा
IAST Transliteration
sū́rya cakṣúṣā mā pāhi svā́hā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Sūrya, with thine eye do thou protect me—svāhā.
Word by Word
सूर्यःthe Sun (as a deity)
सूर्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षुषाwith (his) eye; by sight
चक्षुषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
माme
मा:
कर्म
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
पाहिprotect (you)
पाहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) ‘रक्षणे’
स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation of offering)
स्वाहा:
(मन्त्र-निपातः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for this short svāhā-mantra is often generalized; requires padapāṭha-anukramaṇī confirmation for AVŚ 2.16).
Devata: Sūrya (as protective ‘Eye’/Seer).
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-fragment / short formulaic pāda; metrically a brief imperative svāhā-formula rather than a full stanza (confirmable by pada-count in the anukramaṇī).
Mantra Rasa
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