Mantra 4

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्येनो हव्यं नयत्वा परस्मादन्यक्षेत्रेअपरुद्धं चरन्तम्। अश्विना पन्थां कृणुतां सुगं त इमं सजाता अभिसंविशध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

śyéno havyáṃ nayatvā́ párasmād anyakṣétré ’páruddhaṃ cárantam | aśvínā pánthā́ṃ kṛṇutāṃ sugáṃ ta imáṃ sajātā abhisaṃvíśadhvam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the Hawk convey the offering hither from afar—him who, moving to and fro, is held fast in another’s field. O Aśvins, make ye for him a path well-going: do ye, his birth-mates, enter together unto this one (and so be reunited).

Word by Word

श्येनःthe hawk (as agent)

हव्यम्the oblation, offering

नयत्वाhaving carried/led

परस्मात्from the farther (place/side)

अन्यin another

क्षेत्रेin a field/place

अपरुद्धम्shut in, confined, blocked

चरन्तम्moving about, wandering

अश्विनाO Aśvins (the twin gods)

पन्थानम्a path

कृणुताम्let them make

सुगम्easy to go, unobstructed

तेfor you/thy

इमम्this

सजाताO kinsmen, those of the same birth

अभिसंविशध्वम्enter together, come together into (it)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (as typical for AV retrieval and protection formulae; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on the anukramaṇī tradition for AV 3.3).

Devata: Śyena (as messenger-force) and the Aśvins (as rescuing healers/path-makers).

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (AV triṣṭubh/jagatī admixture is possible by recension; confirm by pada count in metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

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