Mantra 1

Sukta 51

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परिपाणम्। बृहस्पतिर्नः परि पातु पश्चादुतोत्तरस्मादधरादघायोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्तादुत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरीयः कृणोतु

IAST Transliteration

paripā́ṇam | bŕ̥haspátir naḥ pári pātu paścā́d utóttarasmā́d ádharād aghāyóḥ | índraḥ purástād utá madhyató naḥ sákhā sákhibhyo várīyaḥ kr̥ṇotu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-round protection: May Bṛhaspati guard us round about—from behind, and from the north, and from below, against the evil-doer. May Indra, from the front and from the midst, as friend, for his friends, make for us a safer, wider room.

Translation

സർവ്വദിക്കു രക്ഷ: ബൃഹസ്പതി ഞങ്ങളെ ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം കാക്കട്ടെ—പിന്നിൽ നിന്ന്, വടക്കിൽ നിന്ന്, താഴെ നിന്ന്—ദുഷ്കർത്താവിനെതിരെ. ഇന്ദ്രൻ മുന്നിൽ നിന്ന്, നടുവിൽ നിന്ന്, സുഹൃത്തായി, തന്റെ സുഹൃത്തുകൾക്കായി, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് കൂടുതൽ സുരക്ഷിതവും വിശാലവുമായ ഇടം ഒരുക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

परिपाणम्protective covering/guarding (as a charm); protection

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati (lord of prayer)

नःfor us/our

परिaround; on all sides

पातुmay (he) protect

पश्चात्from behind

उतand; also

उत्तरात्from the north

स्मात्from (that side)

अधरात्from below

अघायोःof the two evildoers/harms (i.e., from both kinds of evil)

इन्द्रःIndra

पुरस्तात्in front

उतand; also

मध्यतःfrom the middle; in the midst

नःfor us/our

सखाfriend

सखिभ्यःfrom/for (his) friends

वरीयःbetter; more excellent (boon/protection)

कृणोतुmay (he) make/bring about

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective formula section)

Devata: Bṛhaspati and Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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