Mantra 12

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये देवा अन्तरिक्ष एकादश स्थ ते देवासो हविरिदं जुषध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

yé devā́ antárikṣa ékādaśa sthá te devāso havír idáṃ júṣadhvam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Gods who, eleven in number, stand in the mid-air,—ye Gods, accept ye graciously this oblation.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air, in the atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Viśeṣaṇa (of Kartā)
• Type: Numeral (Adjective)
• Root: एकादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: you stand / abide
• स्थ: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• ते: you (those)
• ते: Sambodhana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: O gods
• देवासः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषध्वम्: enjoy/accept (for yourselves)
• जुषध्वम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष् (धातु) / जुष्-सेवने

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not marked in the supplied excerpt; commonly treated as an Atharvanic rakṣā collection in late book 19).

Devata: Antarikṣa-sthāḥ devāḥ (the eleven gods of the mid-air).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; exact metrical scan may vary with Saunaka accentuation).

Mantra Rasa

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