Mantra 21

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं क्रोशतामेनान् द्यावापृथिवी समन्तरिक्षं सह देवताभिः । मा ज्ञातारं मा प्रतिष्ठां विदन्त मिथो विघ्नाना उप यन्तु मृत्युम्

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ krośatām enā́n dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ sáṃ antárikṣaṃ sahá devátābhiḥ | mā́ jñātā́raṃ mā́ pratiṣṭhā́ṃ vidanta mithó vighnā́nā úpa yantu mṛtyúm ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Heaven and Earth, let mid-air, with the Gods, make these cry aloud together. Let them find no guide, no firm foothold; thwarting one another, let them go on toward Death.

Word by Word

सम्together, completely

क्रोशताम्let (the two) cry out

एनान्these (persons/things)

द्यावापृथिवीHeaven and Earth

सम्together

अन्तरिक्षम्the midspace, atmosphere

सहtogether with

देवताभिःwith the deities

माdo not

ज्ञातारम्the knower, one who knows

माdo not

प्रतिष्ठाम्support, firm standing, foothold

विदन्तlet them find/know

मिथःmutually, against each other

विघ्नानाःobstacles, obstructers

उपtowards, near

यन्तुlet them go

मृत्युम्to death

Attribution

Rishi: To be supplied from AV anukramaṇī for 8.8

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Antarikṣa, Viśve Devāḥ; Mṛtyu as terminal force

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like length (likely not Anuṣṭubh; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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