Mantra 41

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वसोर्या धारा मधुना प्रपीना घृतेन मिश्रा अमृतस्य नाभयः । सर्वास्ता अव रुन्धे स्वर्गः षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीच्छात्

IAST Transliteration

váso ryā́ dhā́rā mádhunā prápīnā ghṛténa miśrā́ amṛ́tasya nā́bhayaḥ | sárvā́s tā́ áva rundhe svargáḥ ṣaṣṭyā́ṃ śarátsu nidhípā abhī́cchāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The streams of Wealth—those full-fed with honey, blended with ghee—are the very hubs of Immortality. All these doth Heaven shut in and make secure: the Treasure-keeper hath desired them for the sixtieth year, through the rounds of autumns.

Translation

वसु (धन) की ये धाराएँ—मधु से परिपूर्ण, घृत से मिश्रित—अमृत की नाभियाँ (केन्द्र) हैं। स्वर्ग इन सबको आवृत कर सुरक्षित रखता है; निधिपाल ने षष्टि (साठवें) वर्ष के लिए, शरद्-ऋतुओं के क्रम-क्रम से, इन्हें पाने की अभिलाषा की है।

Word by Word

वसोःof wealth / of the Vasus (wealth-givers)

याwhich

धाराstream, flow

मधुनाwith honey

प्रपीनाfilled, abundant

घृतेनwith ghee

मिश्राःmixed

अमृतस्यof immortality / of ambrosia

नाभयःnavels, hubs, centers

सर्वाःall

ताःthose

अवdown, away; completely

रुन्धेrestrains, blocks, shuts in

स्वर्गःheaven, the heavenly world

षष्ट्याम्in the sixtieth

शरत्सुin (the) autumns / years

निधिपाःtreasure-keepers, guardians of the deposit

अभीच्छात्desired, sought (for)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable).

Devata: Vasu/Wealth, Svarga (as securing power), Amṛta (immortality-essence).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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