Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि मां परि मे प्रजां परि णः पाहि यद्धनम्। अरातिर्नो मा तारीन्मा नस्तारिषुरभिमातयः

IAST Transliteration

pári mā́m pári me prajā́m pári ṇaḥ pāhi yád dhánam | arā́tir no mā́ tā́rīn mā́ nas tāriṣúr abhímātayaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round about me, round about my progeny, round about us—guard thou whatever wealth there is. Let not malignity overpass us; let not the plotters pass beyond us.

Word by Word

परिaround, on all sides

माम्me

परिaround

मेmy, of me

प्रजाम्offspring, progeny

परिaround

नःour, of us

पाहिprotect!

यत्whatever, that which

धनम्wealth, property

अरातिःhostility, harm; hostile power

नःof us, our

माdo not

तातारीत्may it not cross/overcome

माdo not

नःus

तारिषुःmay they not cross/overcome

अभिमातयःassailants, hostile attacks/enmities

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras strata for rakṣā hymns)

Devata: General protective power (rakṣā); implicitly the invoked guardian-force addressed by pāhi (‘protect!’)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, typical of Atharvanic protective verses)

Mantra Rasa

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