Mantra 4

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूर्यो माह्नः पात्वग्निः पृथिव्या वायुरन्तरिक्षाद् यमो मनुष्येऽभ्यः सरस्वती पार्थिवेभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryo mā́hnaḥ pātv agníḥ pṛthivyā́ vāyúr antárikṣād yamó manuṣyébhyaḥ sárasvatī pārthivébhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Sūrya guard me from the day; may Agni from the earth; may Vāyu from the mid-air; may Yama from men; may Sarasvatī from earthly harms.

Translation

ଦିନ ଦିଗରୁ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ମୋତେ ରକ୍ଷା କରୁନ୍ତୁ; ପୃଥିବୀ ଦିଗରୁ ଅଗ୍ନି; ଅନ୍ତରିକ୍ଷ ଦିଗରୁ ବାୟୁ; ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ଦିଗରୁ ଯମ; ଏବଂ ପାର୍ଥିବ ଉପଦ୍ରବ/ହାନିରୁ ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ମୋତେ ରକ୍ଷା କରୁନ୍ତୁ।

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• माह्नः: from the day / from daytime
• माह्नः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: माह्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अहन्’/‘अह्न’ से)

• पातु: may (he/it) protect
• पातु: (क्रिया) रक्षणे
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: from the earth
• पृथिव्याः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायुः: Vāyu (wind)
• वायुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षात्: from the mid-air / atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनुष्येभ्यः: from humans
• मनुष्येभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)

• पार्थिवेभ्यः: from earthly (beings/ones)
• पार्थिवेभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires anukramaṇī collation)

Devata: Sūrya, Agni, Vāyu, Yama, Sarasvatī (protective pantheon by domains)

Chandas: Prose-like enumerative cadence (often Atharvanic protective catalog; metrical regularity secondary)

Mantra Rasa

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