Mantra 26

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धाता मा निरृत्या दक्षिणाया दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यामिवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

dhā́tā mā nírṛtyā dákṣiṇāyā diśáḥ pātu bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṃ hutábhāgā ihá sthá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Dhātṛ guard me from Nirṛti, from the southern quarter; and Earth, slipped from my arm, be over me as it were the Sky. The world-ordainers, the path-ordainers—those who have their portion of oblation among the Gods—we worship: here may they stand.

Translation

ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଦିଗରୁ ନିରୃତିର ପକ୍ଷରୁ ଧାତୃ ମୋତେ ରକ୍ଷା କରୁନ୍ତୁ; ଏବଂ ମୋ ବାହୁରୁ ସରିଯାଇଥିବା ପୃଥିବୀ ଆକାଶ ପରି ମୋ ଉପରେ ରହୁନ୍ତୁ। ଲୋକକୃତ (ଲୋକ-ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥାକାର), ପଥିକୃତ (ମାର୍ଗ-ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥାକାର)—ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ହୁତଭାଗ (ହବନର ଅଂଶ) ଥିବାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆମେ ଯଜୁଛୁ; ସେମାନେ ଏଠାରେ ଦଢ଼ ହୋଇ ରୁହନ୍ତୁ।

Word by Word

• धाता: Dhātṛ (the Creator/Ordainer)
• धाता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; √धा ‘धारण/विधान’)

• मा: not / do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• निरृत्याः: from Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
• निरृत्याः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणायाः: of the southern
• दक्षिणायाः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: direction (quarter)
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (रक्षणे)

• बाहुच्युता: fallen from the arm / slipping from the arm
• बाहुच्युता: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहु-च्युत (कृदन्त/समास; √च्यु ‘पतने/विचलने’)

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्याम्: the heaven/sky
• द्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like / as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• लोककृतः: world-makers / creators of the worlds
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-कृत् (कृदन्त; √कृ ‘करणे’)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers / makers of the paths
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि-कृत् (कृदन्त; √कृ ‘करणे’)

• यजामहे: we worship / we sacrifice
• यजामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानेषु)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ (स्थ-कर्तृ)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतभागाः: having a share of the oblation / oblation-sharers
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ (स्थ-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत-भाग (कृदन्त/समास; √हु ‘होमने’ + भाग)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थ: you are / you stand (are present)
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 18 corpus)

Devata: Dhātṛ; anti-Nirṛti protection; cosmic guardians (lokakṛt/pathikṛt)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara