Mantra 1

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वतो रक्षणम्। द्यौश्च म इदं पृथिवी च प्रचेतसौ शुक्रो बृहन् दक्षिणया पिपर्तु । अनु स्वधा चिकितां सोमो अग्निर्वायुर्नः पातु सविता भगश्च

IAST Transliteration

sárvato rakṣaṇám | dyáuś ca me idáṁ pṛthivī́ ca prá-cetasau śukró bṛhán dákṣiṇayā pipartu | ánu svadhā́ cikitāṁ sómo agnír vāyúr naḥ pātu savitā́ bhágaś ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Protection from every side. Let Heaven and this Earth, the two foreknowing, bright and vast, with auspicious bounty make it full. In due course let Svadhā take heed; let Soma, Agni, Vāyu protect us—Savitṛ and Bhaga as well.

Word by Word

• सर्वतः: on all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय; सर्व-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• रक्षणम्: protection; guarding
• रक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण (√रक्ष् ‘to protect’ + युच्/अनम्; भाव/कर्मणि-नाम)

• द्यौः: Heaven (the sky)
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मे: for me; of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रचेतसौ: the two discerning/wise ones
• प्रचेतसौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्र-√चित् ‘to perceive/know’ → प्रचेतस् ‘wise, discerning’)

• शुक्रः: bright; pure
• शुक्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहन्: great; lofty
• बृहन्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणया: with the right-hand (auspicious) power; with dakṣiṇā
• दक्षिणया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपर्तु: may (he/it) fill/bring to fulfillment
• पिपर्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पिपर्ति) ‘to fill, to bring across, to further’

• अनु: along; in accordance; after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• स्वधा: (according to) one’s own ordinance/power; svadhā
• स्वधा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिके ‘स्व-धा’)

• चिकिताम्: may (he) take notice; may (he) be mindful
• चिकिताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित्/√चिकित् (वैदिक) ‘to perceive, to notice, to be mindful’

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायुः: Vāyu (Wind)
• वायुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा ‘to protect’

• सविता: Savitṛ (the Impeller)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगः: Bhaga (the Bestower)
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī; Soma, Agni, Vāyu, Savitṛ, Bhaga; Svadhā as sustaining power

Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (probable; longer pādas suggest non-anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

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