Mantra 9

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयुश्च रूपं च नाम च कीर्तिश्च प्राणश्चापानश्च चक्षुश्च श्रोत्रं च

IAST Transliteration

ā́yuś ca rū́paṃ ca nā́ma ca kī́rtiś ca prāṇáś cāpānáś ca cákṣuś ca śrótraṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Life and comely form, name and fame; in-breath and out-breath, sight and hearing—(these too are lost when order is violated, and are to be secured by rite).

Translation

आयुष्य व रूप; नाव व कीर्ती; प्राण व अपान; चक्षु व श्रोत्र—हे सर्वही (ऋत/धर्म-व्यवस्था भंगली तर) नष्ट होते; म्हणून विधिपूर्वक यांचे रक्षण व्हावे.

Word by Word

आयुःlife-span, longevity

चand

रूपम्form, appearance

चand

नामname

चand

कीर्तिःfame, renown

चand

प्राणःin-breath, vital breath

चand

अपानःout-breath, downward vital air

चand

चक्षुःeye, sight

चand

श्रोत्रम्ear, hearing

चand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (precise r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Āyus, Prāṇa/Apāna, and the senses (personified vital powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-series / enumerative

Mantra Rasa

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