Mantra 51

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उच्छ्वञ्चमाना पृथिवी सु तिष्ठतु सहस्रं मित उप हि श्रयन्ताम्। ते गृहासो घृतश्चुतः स्योना विश्वाहास्मै शरणाः सन्त्वत्र

IAST Transliteration

úcchvañcamānā pṛthivī́ sú tiṣṭhatu sahásraṁ mitá úpa hí śrayantām | té gṛhā́so ghṛtaścútaḥ syónā víśvāhā́smái śaraṇā́ḥ sántv átra ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Earth, uprising, stand fast and fair; let a thousand measured portions rest upon her. Let those houses, ghee-distilling, pleasant, be for him here—shelters for all days.

Word by Word

उच्छ्वञ्चमानाrising up, heaving (upward)

पृथिवीthe Earth

सुwell, firmly

तिष्ठतुlet (her) stand

सहस्रम्a thousand

मितःmeasured, meted

उपnear, towards

हिindeed, surely

श्रयन्ताम्let them resort/lean (to)

तेthose, they

गृहासःhouses, dwellings

घृतश्चुतःdripping with ghee

स्योनाःpleasant, comfortable

विश्वाहाःlasting all days, perpetual

अस्मैfor him (to this one)

शरणाःshelters, refuges

सन्तुlet them be

अत्रhere

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic vāstu complex (variable attribution).

Devata: Pṛthivī; secondarily ‘gṛhāsaḥ’ (houses) as beneficent entities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verify in critical metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

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