Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतस्य पन्थामनु पश्य साध्वङ्गिरसः सुकृतो येन यन्ति । तेभिर्याहि पथिभिः स्वर्गं यत्रादित्या मधु भक्षयन्ति तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयस्व

IAST Transliteration

ṛtásya pánthām ánu paśya sā́dhu áṅgirasaḥ sukṛ́to yéna yánti | tébhir yāhi pathíbhiḥ svargáṃ yátrādityā́ mádhu bhákṣayanti tṛtī́ye nā́ke ádhi ví śrayasva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Look well, in order of Ṛta, upon the pathway whereby the well-doers go, O Angiras. By those paths go thou to heaven, where the Ādityas feed on honey; in the third firmament, thereon take thou thy settled seat.

Word by Word

ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)

पन्थाम्path

अनुalong, following

पश्यsee! behold!

साधुwell, rightly

अङ्गिरसःO Aṅgiras (seer)

सुकृतःthe meritorious (doers of good deeds)

येनby which

यन्तिthey go

तेभिःwith those

याहिgo!

पथिभिःby the paths

स्वर्गम्to heaven

यत्रwhere

आदित्याःthe Ādityas

मधुhoney, sweetness

भक्षयन्तिthey eat, partake

तृतीयेin the third

नाकेin the heaven (nāka)

अधिupon, over

विapart, widely (prefix)

श्रयस्वrest yourself; take refuge; settle

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras-associated funerary voice (traditional association; anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Ṛta/Devayāna; Ādityas as celestial guarantors.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-family (with extended cadence; heading traditions vary).

Mantra Rasa

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