Mantra 35

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वायां त्वा दिशि पुरा संवृतः स्वधायामा दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यामिवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvā́yāṁ tvā diśí purā́ saṁvṛtáḥ svadhā́yā́m ā́ dadhāmi bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m-iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṁ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the upward quarter, as erst was done, enclosed in Svadhā, I set thee—released from mortal arms—upon the Earth, as though aloft like Heaven. We worship the World-fashioners, the Path-fashioners, who have their portion in the gods’ oblations: be ye here present.

Translation

ऊर्ध्व दिशा में—जैसा पहले किया जाता था—स्वधा में आवृत करके, मैं तुझे स्थापित करता हूँ; नश्वर बाहुओं से छूटा हुआ, पृथ्वी पर—मानो द्यौः के समान ऊपर—तुझे रखता हूँ। हम लोक-कर्ता, पथ-कर्ता देवों का यजन करते हैं, जिनका भाग देवों की आहुतियों में है; वे यहाँ उपस्थित हों।

Word by Word

ऊर्ध्वायाम्in the upper (direction)

त्वाyou (as object)

दिशिin the direction

पुराformerly, before

संवृतःenclosed, covered

स्वधायाम्in/with svadhā (ancestral oblation-power)

आunto, toward

दधामिI place, I set

बाहुच्युताःfallen from the arms (i.e., slipping away)

पृथिवीthe Earth

द्याम्the heaven, sky

इवlike, as

उपरिabove

लोककृतःworld-makers, creators of the world

पथिकृतःpath-makers, makers of the path

यजामहेwe worship, we sacrifice

येwho (those who)

देवानाम्of the gods

हुतभागाःhaving a share in the oblation; oblation-partakers

इहhere

स्थyou (pl.) stand/are present

Attribution

Rishi: Antyeṣṭi/Pitṛmedha Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Pitṛ-associated ‘world- and path-makers’

Chandas: Mixed; cadence comparable to the adjacent verse (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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