Mantra 10

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तरिक्षं दिवं भूमिमादित्यान् मरुतो दिशः । लोकान्त्स सर्वानाप्नोति यो ददाति शतौदनाम्

IAST Transliteration

antaríkṣaṃ dívaṃ bhū́mim ādityā́n marúto díśaḥ | lokā́n sá sárvān āpnoti yó dádāti śatā́udanām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mid-air and Heaven and Earth, the Ādityas, Maruts, and the Quarters—he winneth all these worlds who giveth the Hundred-Odana.

Translation

अन्तरिक्ष, द्यौ, पृथ्वी, आदित्य, मरुत् और दिशाएँ—इन सब लोकों को वह प्राप्त करता है जो शतौदन (सौ-ओदन) का दान देता है।

Word by Word

अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-air, atmosphere

दिवम्heaven, sky

भूमिम्earth

आदित्यान्the Ādityas (solar deities)

मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)

दिशःthe directions

लोकान्worlds, realms

सःhe

सर्वान्all

आप्नोतिattains, reaches

यःwho

ददातिgives

शतौदनाम्a ‘hundred-porridge’ offering (i.e., a gift/oblation of abundant cooked rice)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī for precise name).

Devata: Lokas/Viśve-devāḥ; implicitly Ādityas, Maruts, and Dik-devatās.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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