Mantra 9

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वार्षिकावेनं मासौ प्रतीच्या दिशो गोपायतो वैरूपं च वैराजं चानु तिष्ठतो य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

vārṣí̱kāv enaṃ mā́sau pratī́cyā diśó gopāyato vairūpáṃ ca vairājáṃ cā́nu tiṣṭhato yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The two rainy-season months, from the western quarter, guard this man—Vairūpa and Vairāja stand attendant upon him—whoso thus knoweth.

Translation

ਪੱਛਮੀ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਤੋਂ ਆਏ ਬਰਸਾਤ ਦੇ ਦੋ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਇਸ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਵੈਰੂਪ ਅਤੇ ਵੈਰਾਜ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਕੋਲ ਹਾਜ਼ਰ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

वार्षिकावेनम्the ‘Vārṣikāvena’ (name/epithet; annual/seasonal one)

मासौthe two months

प्रतीच्याwestern

दिशःdirection (quarter)

गोपायतः(they two) protect/guard

वैरूपम्the Vairūpa (name/epithet)

चand

वैराजम्the Vairāja (name/epithet)

चand

अनुafter; along; in accordance with

तिष्ठतः(they two) stand; remain; abide

यःwho

एवम्thus; in this manner

वेदknows

Attribution

Rishi: As AV 15 speculative/correspondence material (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Directional guardianship of the West via Vairūpa and Vairāja; Kāla-bandhu.

Chandas: Non-metrical/irregular Atharvanic prose-cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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