Mantra 9

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रतीची दिशामियमिद् वरं यस्यां सोमो अधिपा मृडिता च । तस्यां श्रयेथां सुकृतः सचेथामधा पक्वान्मिथुना सं भवाथः

IAST Transliteration

pratī́cī diśā́m iyám íd váraṃ yásyāṃ sómo adhipā́ mṛḍitā́ ca | tásyāṃ śráyethāṃ sukṛ́taḥ sacéthām ádha pakvā́n mithunā́ sáṃ bhavāthaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This western quarter of the regions is verily the choicest, wherein Soma is overlord and the gracious one besides. In that quarter take ye your station, ye of good deed; be ye in fellowship: then from the cooked offering become ye twain conjoined.

Word by Word

प्रतीचीwestern (facing west)

दिशाम्of the directions

इयम्this

इद्indeed, just

वरम्best, excellent

यस्याम्in which

सोमःSoma

अधिपाःoverlord, ruler

मृडिताmerciful, gracious

चand

तस्याम्in that (direction)

श्रयेथाम्may you two resort/seek refuge

सुकृतःwell-doing, virtuous

सचेथाम्may you two be together/associate

अधाthen, thereafter

पक्वान्from the ripe (ones), from the mature

मिथुनाpaired, as a couple

सम्together, completely

भवाथःmay you two become / be

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 12.3 ancestral/directional liturgy (variable anukramaṇī attributions).

Devata: Soma (as adhipa) with a ‘mṛḍitā’ gracious/healing power (often read as a benevolent divine aspect).

Chandas: Mixed; triṣṭubh/jagatī tendency.

Mantra Rasa

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