Mantra 35

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वायां त्वा दिशि पुरा संवृतः स्वधायामा दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यामिवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvā́yāṁ tvā diśí purā́ saṁvṛtáḥ svadhā́yā́m ā́ dadhāmi bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m-iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṁ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the upward quarter, as erst was done, enclosed in Svadhā, I set thee—released from mortal arms—upon the Earth, as though aloft like Heaven. We worship the World-fashioners, the Path-fashioners, who have their portion in the gods’ oblations: be ye here present.

Translation

ਊਰਧ੍ਵ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਸੀ—ਸ੍ਵਧਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਵ੍ਰਿਤ (ਆਵ੍ਰਿਤ) ਕਰਕੇ, ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ: ਮਰਤ ਬਾਹਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਛੁੱਟਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਤੂੰ ਪૃਥਵੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈਂ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦ੍ਯੌ (ਆਕਾਸ਼) ਵਾਂਗ ਉੱਚੇ ਉਪਰ ਹੋਵੇ। ਲੋਕਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਅਤੇ ਪਥਿਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਸੀਂ ਯਜਦੇ ਹਾਂ—ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਹੁਤ (ਆਹੁਤੀ) ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਗ ਹੈ; ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਉਪਸਥਿਤ ਰਹੋ।

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वायाम्: in the upper (direction)
• ऊर्ध्वायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशि: in the direction
• दिशि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरा: formerly, before
• पुरा: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• संवृतः: enclosed, covered
• संवृतः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) / संवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधायाम्: in/with svadhā (ancestral oblation-power)
• स्वधायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, toward
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधामि: I place, I set
• दधामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे)

• बाहुच्युताः: fallen from the arms (i.e., slipping away)
• बाहुच्युताः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहु-च्युत (समास; च्युत < √च्यु (च्यवने))

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

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

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)

• लोककृतः: world-makers, creators of the world
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: लोक-कृत् (समास; कृत् < √कृ (करणे))

• पथिकृतः: path-makers, makers of the path
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पथि-कृत् (समास; कृत् < √कृ (करणे))

• यजामहे: we worship, we sacrifice
• यजामहे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानेषु)

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

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

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation; oblation-partakers
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हुत-भाग (समास; हुत < √हु (जुहोत्यादि, होमने); भाग < भाग (प्रातिपदिक))

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Antyeṣṭi/Pitṛmedha Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Pitṛ-associated ‘world- and path-makers’

Chandas: Mixed; cadence comparable to the adjacent verse (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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