Mantra 1

Sukta 102

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आत्मनोऽहिंसनम्। १ प्रजापतिः। द्यावापृथिवी, अन्तरिक्षम्, मृत्युः। विराट् पुरस्ताद् बृहती। नमस्कृत्य द्यावापृथिवीभ्यामन्तरिक्षाय मृत्यवे । मेक्षाम्यूर्ध्वस्तिष्ठन् मा मा हिंसिषुरीश्वराः

IAST Transliteration

namaskṛ́tya dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyām antárikṣāya mṛtyáve | mékṣāmy ū́rdhvas tíṣṭhan mā́ mā hiṃsiṣur ī́śvarāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having made obeisance to Heaven and Earth, to the Mid-air, to Death, I would win release: standing upright, let not the mighty Powers injure me.

Word by Word

नमस्कृत्यhaving saluted / having paid homage

द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्by/with Heaven-and-Earth

अन्तरिक्षायto the midspace / atmosphere

मृत्यवेto Death

मेक्षामिI mingle / I join (myself)

ऊर्ध्वःupright / upward

तिष्ठन्standing

माdo not

माme

हिंसिषुःmay they injure / let them not injure

ईश्वराःthe lords / the powerful ones

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (as given in the input header)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Antarikṣa, Mṛtyu (as given)

Chandas: Virāṭ (pūrvastād), Bṛhatī (as given in the input header)

Mantra Rasa

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