Mantra 7

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूर्यो मे चक्षुर्वातः प्राणो३न्तरिक्षमात्मा पृथिवी शरीरम्। अस्तृतो नामाहमय मस्मि स आत्मानं नि दधे द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां गोपीथाय

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryo me cákṣur vā́taḥ prāṇó ’ntárikṣam ātmā́ pṛthivī́ śárīram | astṛtó nā́māhám ayám asmi sá ātmā́nam ní dadhé dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyāṃ gopī́thāya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Sun is mine eye; the Wind my breath; the Mid-air my self; the Earth my body. By name I am Astṛta: this am I; and so I set my self fast in Heaven and Earth for guardianship.

Translation

ਸੂਰਜ ਮੇਰੀ ਅੱਖ ਹੈ; ਵਾਯੂ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਹੈ; ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਮੇਰਾ ਆਤਮਾ ਹੈ; ਪ੍ਰਿਥਵੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਸ਼ਰੀਰ ਹੈ। ਨਾਮ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਅਸਤ੍ਰਿਤ (Astṛta) ਹਾਂ—ਇਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਹਾਂ; ਅਤੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਦ੍ਯਾਵਾ-ਪ੍ਰਿਥਵੀ (ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਵੀ) ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਤਮਾ ਨੂੰ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਟਿਕਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

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

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वातः: wind
• वातः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath; life-breath
• प्राणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षम्: midspace; atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मा: self; vital self
• आत्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तृतः: unscathed; not harmed; uninjured
• अस्तृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु) / अस्तृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name; namely
• नाम: (none)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-प्रयोग

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: (apposition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सः: he; that
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मानम्: self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: (none)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधे: placed; set; established
• दधे: (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्: by/with Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोपीथाय: for protection; for guardianship
• गोपीथाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपीथ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted without stable r̥ṣi assignment at single-verse granularity)

Devata: Sūrya, Vāta, Antarikṣa, Pṛthivī; culminating in Dyāvāpṛthivī as protectors

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh cadence (Atharvanic protective style; not strictly regular)

Mantra Rasa

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