Mantra 3

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सावीर्हि देव प्रथमाय पित्रे वर्ष्माणमस्मै वरिमाणमस्मै । अथास्मभ्यं सवितर्वार्याणि दिवोदिव आ सुवा भूरि पश्वः

IAST Transliteration

sāvī́r hí deva prathamā́ya pitré varṣmā́ṇam asmai varímāṇam asmai | áthā́smábhyaṃ savitar vā́ryāṇi divódiva ā́ suva bhū́ri paśváḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For thou, O god, didst impel for the first Father loftiness for him, wide room for him. So now for us, O Savitar, day after day impel hither desirable boons—abundance of cattle.

Word by Word

सावीः(you) impel / set in motion

हिindeed, for

देवO god

प्रथमायto the first

पित्रेto the father (ancestor)

वर्ष्माणम्strength, vigor

अस्मैto him

वरिमाणम्breadth, wide space, expanse

अस्मैto him

अथthen, thereafter

अस्मभ्यम्to us

सवितर्O Savitṛ

वार्याणिchoice boons, desirable things

दिवःof heaven, of the sky

दिवःof heaven

आtowards, hither

सुवimpel, bring forth

भूरिmuch, abundant

पश्वःcattle, livestock

Attribution

Rishi: As in 7.14 (to be verified via anukramaṇī)

Devata: Savitar

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (two hemistichs with longer cadence); confirm in critical edition

Mantra Rasa

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