Mantra 47

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये अग्रवः शशमानाः परेयुर्हित्वा द्वेषांस्यनपत्यवन्तः । ते द्यामुदित्याविदन्त लोकं नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि दीध्यानाः

IAST Transliteration

yé ágravāḥ śaśamānā́ḥ paréyur hitvā́ dvéṣāṃsy ánapaty-vantaḥ | té dyā́m udítyā́ ávidanta lokáṃ nā́kasya pṛṣṭhé ádhi dī́dhyānāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who, the foremost, striving, passed beyond—leaving behind their hatreds, though childless—these found, with the uprising, a world in heaven, shining upon the ridge of the highest firmament.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

अग्रवःforemost ones, leaders

शशमानाःtoiling/striving; exerting themselves

परेयुःthey went forth, departed

हित्वाhaving abandoned

द्वेषांसिhatreds, hostilities

अनपत्यवन्तःwithout offspring; childless

तेthey

द्याम्heaven, the sky

उदित्याby rising; at sunrise / upon arising

अविदन्तthey found, they discovered

लोकम्world, realm

नाकस्यof heaven, of the celestial (realm)

पृष्ठेon the back/surface

अधिupon, on

दीध्यानाःmeditating; intent in thought/vision

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18).

Devata: Pitṛs / the blessed departed; Nāka (highest heaven) as locus.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (longer pādas; elevated eschatological style)

Mantra Rasa

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