Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथेमे द्यावापृथिवी सद्यः पर्येति सूर्यः । एवा पर्येमि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्यसो यथा मन्नापगा असः

IAST Transliteration

yáthéme dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ sadyáḥ páryeti sū́ryaḥ | evā́ páryemi te máno yáthā mā́ṁ kāmínyaso yáthā mánnāpagā́ ásaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As the Sun forthwith goes round these Heaven and Earth, so do I encompass thy mind—so that the longing maidens may be mine, so that they be not gone away from me.

Translation

जसा हा सूर्य या द्यावा-पृथिवी (स्वर्ग व पृथ्वी) यांभोवती तत्क्षणी परिक्रमा करतो, तसाच मी तुझे मन सर्व बाजूंनी वेढून घेतो/घेते—जेणेकरून कामनेने भरलेल्या युवती माझ्याच होतील, आणि त्या माझ्यापासून दूर जाऊन निघून जाऊ नयेत.

Word by Word

यथाjust as

इमेthese

द्यावापृथिवीheaven-and-earth

सद्यःimmediately

पर्येतिgoes around, encompasses

सूर्यःthe Sun

एवso, just so

पर्येमिI go around, I encompass

तेof you / to you

मनःmind

यथाso that / just as

माम्me

कामिन्यसःdesirous ones, lovers

यथाas

मत्from me

नnot

अपगाः(you) go away

असः(textually uncertain: possibly ‘you are’ / ‘that one’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Sūrya (as model of inevitable circuit) / Kāma as operative aim

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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