Mantra 39

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वासस्थे भवतमिन्दवे नो युजे वां ब्रह्म पूर्व्यं नमोभिः । वि श्लोक एति पथ्येऽव सूरिः शृण्वन्तु विश्वे अमृतास एतत्

IAST Transliteration

svā́sasthe bhavatam índave no yujé vāṃ bráhma pū́rvyaṃ namóbhíḥ | ví ślóka eti pathyé’va sūríḥ śṛṇvántu víśve amṛ́tāsa etát

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Be ye in sound estate for us, O Indu: for your yoking we bring, with reverent homage, the ancient spell. Forth goes the proclamation on the wholesome path; let all the Immortals hearken unto this.

Word by Word

स्वासस्थेO you two, being in good health / well-seated

भवतम्be (you two)!

इन्दवेfor Indu (Soma)

नःof us / our

युजेfor the yoker/ally (the one who joins)

वाम्of you two

ब्रह्मsacred utterance / prayer

पूर्व्यम्ancient / primeval

नमोभिःwith obeisances

विapart / forth / widely

श्लोकःthe hymn/verse (fame, proclamation)

एतिgoes / proceeds

पथ्येon the proper path / in the right course

अवdown / forth (as preverb)

सूरिःthe patron / wise benefactor

शृण्वन्तुlet (them) hear

विश्वेall

अमृतासःthe immortals

एतत्this

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the AV 18 funerary corpus (often classed under Atharvan/Angiras lineages).

Devata: Indu/Soma; and by extension Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods) as hearers.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AV 18; metrical exactness varies by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

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