Mantra 4

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदीची दिक् सोमोऽधिपतिः स्वजो रक्षिताशनिरिषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो३ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः

IAST Transliteration

udī́cī dík sómo ’dhipátiḥ svajó rakṣitā́śanír íṣavaḥ | tébhyo námo ’dhipátibhyo námo rakṣitṛ́bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ébhyo astu | yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmas táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The northern quarter—Soma is its overlord; Svaja its guardian; the Thunderbolt is its arrows. To them be reverence: reverence to the overlords, reverence to the protectors, reverence to the arrows—reverence be to these. Whoso hateth us, and whom we hate, him we set within your jaws.

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Dik-devatā (North): Soma (adhipati), Svaja (rakṣitṛ), Aśani as iṣavaḥ

Chandas: Formulaic litany

Mantra Rasa

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