Mantra 1

Sukta 43

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वाक् शिवास्त एका अशिवास्त एकाः सर्वा बिभर्षि सुमनस्यमानः । तिस्रो वाचो निहिता अन्तरस्मिन् तासामेका वि पपातानु घोषम्

IAST Transliteration

vā́k śivā́s te ékā́ áśivās te ékāḥ sárvā bibhárṣi sumanasyámānaḥ | tísro vā́co níhitā antár asmín tāsām ékā́ ví papāta ánu ghóṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Speech—one of thy forms is gracious, one of thy forms is ungracious; all forms thou bearest, being of kindly mind. Three voices are laid up within this; of them one hath leapt forth, following upon sound.

Word by Word

वाक्speech (as a goddess/Power of speech)

शिवाauspicious

अस्तmay (she) be

एकाone (form)

अशिवाinauspicious

अस्तmay (she) be

एकाःsome/others (lit. ‘ones’, plural)

सर्वाःall

बिभर्षिyou bear / you carry / you support

सुमनस्यमानःbeing well-disposed / kindly-minded

तिस्रःthree

वाचःspeeches / forms of speech

निहिताःplaced / deposited / set

अन्तःwithin

अस्मिन्in this (one/thing)

तासाम्of those (three)

एकाone (of them)

विapart, forth (intensifier/separator)

पपातflew forth / fell forth

अनुalong, after, following

घोषम्sound, cry, proclamation

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain without external apparatus)

Devata: Vāc (Speech)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical confirmation against padapāṭha syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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