Mantra 21

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या द्विपक्षा चतुष्पक्षा षट् पक्षा या निमीयते । अष्टापक्षां दशपक्षां शालां मानस्य पत्नीमग्निर्गर्भ इवा शये

IAST Transliteration

yā dvípakṣā́ catúṣpakṣā́ ṣáṭpakṣā́ yā nimīyáte | aṣṭā́pakṣāṃ dáśapakṣāṃ śā́lāṃ mā́nasyá pátnīm agnír gárbha ivā́ śáye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She that is two-flanked, four-flanked, six-flanked—she that is duly measured out; the Hall of eight flanks, of ten flanks, Māna’s spouse—within her Agni, like an embryo, lieth at rest.

Word by Word

याshe/which (fem.)

द्विपक्षाtwo-winged / having two sides

चand

चतुष्पक्षाfour-winged / having four sides

षट्पक्षाsix-winged / having six sides

याshe/which (fem.)

निमी॒यतेis measured out / is laid out (by measure)

अष्टापक्षाम्eight-winged / having eight sides (as object)

दशपक्षाम्ten-winged / having ten sides (as object)

शालाम्hall, house, shed

मानस्यof the mind; mental

पत्नीम्wife

अग्निःAgni; fire

गर्भःembryo, womb, inner core

इवlike, as

शयेlies, rests

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-consecration corpus; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Agni (indwelling household fire) and Śālā personified

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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