Mantra 9

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दिवस्त्वा पातु हरितं मध्यात् त्वा पात्वर्जुनम्। भूम्या अयस्मयं पातु प्रागाद् देवपुरा अयम्

IAST Transliteration

divás tvā pātu háritaṁ mádhyāt tvā pātv árjunam | bhū́myā ayasmáyaṁ pātu prá̄gād devapurā́ ayám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From heaven may the Green protect thee; from the mid-region may the Bright protect thee. From earth may the iron-wrought (guard) protect thee: forth hath advanced this Fort of the Gods.

Word by Word

दिवःof heaven

त्वाyou (as object)

पातुmay (it) protect

हरितम्the tawny/greenish one

मध्यात्from the middle

त्वाyou

पातुmay protect

अर्जुनम्the bright/white one (Arjuna)

भूम्याःof the earth

अयस्मयम्made of iron; iron-like

पातुmay protect

प्राक्in front; eastward

आगात्came; has come

देवपुराःdivine strongholds/citadels

अयम्this (one)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rakṣā hymn complex).

Devata: Devapurā (divine fortification); protective color-powers; iron as apotropaic agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas per half; metrical regularity approximate in AV transmission).

Mantra Rasa

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