Mantra 8

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां प्रच्युतामनु यज्ञाः प्रच्यवन्त उपतिष्ठन्त उपतिष्ठमानाम्। यस्या व्रते प्रसवे यक्षमेजति सा विराडृषयः परमे व्योऽमन्

IAST Transliteration

yā́m prác yutā́m ánu yajñā́ḥ prác yávanta upatíṣṭhanta upatíṣṭhamānā́m | yásyā́ vraté prasavé yákṣam éjati sā́ virā́ḍ ṛ́ṣayaḥ paramé vyòman

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Her, when she hath issued forth, the Sacrifices, advancing after, attend—yea, they attend upon her who is attended. In whose ordinance, at the divine impelling, the dread Yakṣa-power is set aquiver: she is Virāj, the Seers (behold her) in the highest heaven-space.

Word by Word

याम्whom/which (f.)

प्रच्युताम्fallen away, displaced

अनुafter, following

यज्ञाःsacrifices, rites

प्रच्यवन्तेmove/fall away

उपतिष्ठन्तेattend upon, stand by

उपतिष्ठमानाम्of those who are attending/standing by

यस्याःwhose (f.)

व्रतेin the vow/observance

प्रसवेin the impelling/setting-in-motion; at the instigation

यक्षम्a yákṣa (spirit/demonic being)

एजतिtrembles, is agitated

साshe

विराट्Virāj (the cosmic metre/sovereign power)

ऋषयःseers

परमेin the highest

व्योमन्in the sky/space

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within AV speculative hymns to Atharvanic seer-lineages (Angiras/Atharvan); specific assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition for Virāj hymns.

Devata: Virāj (personified metre/cosmic form); associated with Yakṣa-śakti and the ordered yajña.

Chandas: Predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī movement in the hymn; this verse scans with mixed cadence typical of AV speculative sections.

Mantra Rasa

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