Mantra 6

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्मात् पक्वादमृतं संबभूव यो गायत्र्या अधिपतिर्बभूव । यस्मिन् वेदा निहिता विश्वरूपास्तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

IAST Transliteration

yásmāt pakvā́d amṛ́taṃ sambabhū́va yó gāyátryā ádhipatir babhū́va | yásmin vedā́ níhitā viśvárūpā́s ténáudanénáti tarāṇi mṛtyúm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From the cooked oblation immortality was brought to birth; it became the overlord of the Gāyatrī; within it the Vedas, of every form, are laid away: by that Odana may I pass beyond Death.

Word by Word

यस्मात्from whom/whence

पक्वात्from the cooked (food)

अमृतम्nectar; immortality; ambrosia

सम्together; completely

बभूवcame to be; arose

यःwho

गायत्र्याःof the Gāyatrī (meter/hymn)

अधिover; presiding

पतिःlord; master

बभूवbecame

यस्मिन्in whom/wherein

वेदाःthe Vedas; sacred knowledges

निहिताःplaced; deposited; established

विश्व-रूपाःof all forms; manifold

तेनby that; with that

ओदनेनwith the boiled rice; with the oblation of rice

अतिover; beyond

तराणिmay I cross; may I pass over

मृत्युम्death

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from AV Anukramaṇī for 4.35 (often Atharvan/Angiras lineages).

Devata: Brahmanic ‘Odana’ as power; Gāyatrī as presiding metrical deity; Amṛta as result.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

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