Mantra 2

Sukta 62

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वैश्वानरीं सूनृतामा रभध्वं यस्या आशास्तन्वोऽवीतपृष्ठाः । तया गृणन्तः सधमादेषु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीनाम्

IAST Transliteration

vaiśvānarī́ṃ sūnṛ́tām ā́ rabhadhvaṃ yásyā ā́śās tanvò ’vīta-pṛṣṭhā́ḥ | táyā gṛṇántaḥ sadhámādeṣu vayáṃ syā́ma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lay hold of Vaiśvānari, of gracious Truth, whose hopes make our very persons guarded behind. With her, praising in the common feasts, may we be lords of riches.

Word by Word

वैश्वानरीम्Vaiśvānari (the universal/fire-associated one), as object

सूनृताम्good/true speech; gracious utterance

आtowards, unto

रभध्वम्take hold (of), grasp, resort to

यस्याःof whom/whose

आशाःhopes, expectations

तन्वःof the body/self

अवीतपृष्ठाःwith unharmed/protected backs; unassailed

तयाby/with her (that one)

गृणन्तःpraising, singing

सधमादेषुin the common feasts/assemblies

वयम्we

स्यामmay we be

पतयःlords, masters

रयीणाम्of riches, of wealth

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Vaiśvānari / Sūnṛtā (as a power of auspicious speech, linked to Agni)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; cadence consistent with triṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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