Mantra 55

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयुर्विश्वायुः परि पातु त्वा पूषा त्वा पातु प्रपथे पुरस्तात्। यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र त ईयुस्तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु

IAST Transliteration

ā́yur viśvā́yuḥ pári pātu tvā pūṣā́ tvā pātu prápathe purástāt | yátrāsate sukṛ́to yátra tá īyús tátra tvā deváḥ savitā́ dadhātu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Life, yea universal Life, encompass thee with protection; may Pūṣan guard thee on the forward path, going before. Where the well-doers sit, whither they have departed—there may the god Savitar set thee fast.

Word by Word

आयुःlife, lifespan

विश्वायुःall-life, life for all (universal lifespan)

परिaround, all around

पातुmay (he/it) protect

त्वाyou (acc.)

पूषाPūṣan (a deity)

त्वाyou (acc.)

पातुmay protect

प्रपथेon the forward path, at the road

पुरस्तात्in front, ahead, from the east/fore

यत्रwhere

आसतेsit, abide

सुकृतःthe well-doers, the meritorious

यत्रwhere

तेthey

ईयुःhave gone, went

तत्रthere

त्वाyou (acc.)

देवःthe god

सविताSavitṛ (the impeller, Sun-deity)

दधातुmay place, may establish

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18); specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī

Devata: Āyus (personified Life), Pūṣan, Savitar, Sukṛtas

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; often treated as Triṣṭubh-family in AV 18.2 traditions

Mantra Rasa

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