Mantra 1

Sukta 66

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्म। यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वात आस यदि वृक्षेषु यदि वोलपेषु । यदश्रवन् पशव उद्यमानं तद् ब्राह्मणं पुनरस्मानुपैतु

IAST Transliteration

bráhma | yády antárikṣe yádi vā́ta ā́sa yádi vṛ́kṣeṣu yádi vólapeṣu | yád áśravan paśáva udyámānaṃ tád brā́hmaṇaṃ púnar asmā́n upáitu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The holy spell—if it be in the mid-air, if it have lodged in the Wind, if among the trees, if in the thickets—what the cattle heard as it was rising forth, that Brahman-power, let it come back again unto us.

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମ-ଶକ୍ତି—ଯଦି ସେ ଅନ୍ତରିକ୍ଷରେ ଥାଏ, ଯଦି ବାୟୁରେ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ନେଇଥାଏ, ଯଦି ବୃକ୍ଷମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଥାଏ, ଯଦି ଝାଡ଼-ଜଙ୍ଗଲରେ ଥାଏ—ଉଦୟ ହେଉଥିବାବେଳେ ପଶୁମାନେ ଯାହା ଶୁଣିଥିଲେ, ସେଇ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ-ତେଜ (ବ୍ରହ୍ମବଳ) ପୁଣି ଆମ ପାଖକୁ ଫେରିଆସୁ।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: the sacred power/holy utterance (brahman)
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वाते: in the wind
• वाते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस: was/is (has been)
• आस: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वृक्षेषु: among/on the trees
• वृक्षेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वोलपेषु: among the vólapas (a kind of thicket/creeper-nest; Vedic term)
• वोलपेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वोलप (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-शब्द)

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्रवन्: they heard
• अश्रवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• पशवः: the cattle/animals
• पशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्यमानम्: being raised/being lifted up
• उद्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्-यम् (धातु) → उद्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्राह्मणम्: the brahman-prayer / brahminic power
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपैतु: let it come near/return to
• उपैतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV apotropaic pieces)

Devata: Brahman (mantra-power) personified; secondarily Vāta/Antarikṣa as loci

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires padic verification across editions)

Mantra Rasa

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