Mantra 8

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयमेत्विडा मनुष्वदिह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं स्योनं सरस्वतीः स्वपसः सदन्ताम्

IAST Transliteration

ā́ no yajñáṃ bhā́ratī tū́yam etv íḍā manuṣvád ihá cetáyantī | tisró devī́r barhír idáṃ syónam sárasvatīḥ svápasaḥ sádantām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither to us let Bhāratī come swiftly unto the sacrifice; let Iḍā, after the manner of Manu, here awaken (our rite). Let the three Goddesses sit upon this pleasant, kindly Barhis—Sarasvatīs, of goodly operation.

Word by Word

आhither, towards (prefix: ‘to, near’)

नःof us / for us

यज्ञम्sacrifice, rite

भारतीBhāratī (goddess of speech/ritual)

तूयम्swiftly

एतुlet (her) come

इडाIḍā (goddess/personified oblation)

मनुष्वत्in human fashion / as among men

इहhere

चेतयन्तीprompting, making (us) aware / rousing

तिस्रःthree

देवीःgoddesses

बर्हिःsacrificial grass (barhis), seat

इदम्this

स्योनम्pleasant, comfortable, auspicious

सरस्वतीःSarasvatīs (Sarasvatī and her forms)

स्वपसःskilled/active in good work; of good service

सदन्ताम्let them sit / be seated

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally aligned with ritual seers of the Bhāratī–Iḍā–Sarasvatī triad (RV parallel suggests a Hotṛ-context; AV attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Bhāratī, Iḍā, Sarasvatī (triad of ritual goddesses)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-parallel style; AV often preserves RV meters in such invocations)

Mantra Rasa

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