Mantra 25

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रो मा मरुत्वान् प्राच्या दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यामिवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

índro mā marútvān prā́cyā diśáḥ pātu bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṃ hutábhāgā ihá sthá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Indra, with the Maruts, guard me from the eastern quarter; and Earth, slipped from my arm, be over me as it were the Sky. The world-ordainers, the path-ordainers—those who have their portion of oblation among the Gods—we worship: here may they stand.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुत्वान्: accompanied by the Maruts
• मरुत्वान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरुत्वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; मरुत्+वत्)

• प्राच्याः: of the eastern
• प्राच्याः: अधिकारण (दिशा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: direction/quarter
• दिशः: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• बाहुच्युता: fallen from the arm / slipping from the arm
• बाहुच्युता: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहुच्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; बाहु+च्युत)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्याम्: heaven/sky
• द्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like/as
• इव: (उपमान-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• लोककृतः: world-makers / creators of the worlds
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: लोककृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; लोक+कृ)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers / makers of paths
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पथिकृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पथि+कृ)

• यजामहे: we worship / we sacrifice
• यजामहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हुतभाग (प्रातिपदिक; हुत+भाग)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थ: you are / you stand
• स्थ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

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

Devata: Indra-Maruts; Earth/Sky; cosmic ‘world/path makers’ (guardian deities)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (funeral liturgy often preserves older meters with Atharvanic adaptations)

Mantra Rasa

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