Mantra 1

Sukta 80

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरिष्टक्षयणम्। अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा भूतावचाकशत्। शुनो दिव्यस्य यन्महस्तेना ते हविषा विधेम

IAST Transliteration

antaríkṣeṇa patati víśvā bhūtā́ny avacā́kaśat | śúno divyásya yán máhas ténā te havíṣā vidhema ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Through the mid-air it flieth, looking down upon all beings. With that great might of the heavenly Dog, with oblation will we do thee worship.

Translation

यह अन्तरिक्ष में उड़ता है, सब प्राणियों को नीचे से देखता हुआ। उस दिव्य श्वान (शुनः) की उस महान शक्ति के द्वारा—उसी के साथ—हम हविषा (आहुति) से तेरा विधानपूर्वक पूजन करें।

Word by Word

अन्तरिक्षेणby/through the mid-air (atmosphere)

पततिflies/moves

विश्वाall

भूतानिbeings/creatures

अचाकशत्shone forth/appeared

शुनःof the dog (Śunaḥ)

दिव्यस्यof the heavenly

यत्which

महत्great

तेनwith that

तेto you

हविषाwith an oblation

विधेमmay we offer/perform (worship)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Divya Śvan (Heavenly Dog) / guardian power (possibly linked to Saramā/Sarameya complex in wider Vedic myth)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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