Mantra 16

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तता अवरे ते मावन्तु । अस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्यस्मिन् कर्मण्यस्यां पुरोधायामस्यां प्रतिस्ठायामस्यां चित्त्यामस्यामाकूत्यामस्यामाशिष्यस्यां देवहूत्यां स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

tátā́ avaré té mā́vantu | asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m purodhā́yām asyā́m pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́m cittíyām asyā́m ākū́tyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́m devahū́tyāṃ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And further, may the nearer Fathers protect me: in this sacred spell, in this operation; in this fore-setting, in this establishment; in this intent, in this resolve; in this benediction, in this god-invocation—Svāhā!

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਅੱਗੇ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਪਿਤਰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਦੇਣ। ਇਸ ਬ੍ਰਹ್ಮਣ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਸ ਕਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ; ਇਸ ਪੁਰੋਧਾ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਾ ਵਿੱਚ; ਇਸ ਚਿੱਤਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਸ ਆਕੂਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ; ਇਸ ਆਸ਼ੀਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਸ ਦੇਵਹੂਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ—ਸ੍ਵਾਹਾ।

Word by Word

ततःthen; from there; thereafter

अवरेthe lower/younger ones

तेto you

माdo not

अवन्तुmay they protect

अस्मिन्in this

ब्रह्मण्येin (this) brahmanic/sacred (matter)

अस्मिन्in this

कर्मण्येin (this) rite/action

अस्याम्in this

पुरोधायाम्in this ‘placing-in-front’/preliminary arrangement

अस्याम्in this

प्रतिष्ठायाम्in this establishment/foundation

अस्याम्in this

चित्त्याम्in this intention/mental resolve (or arrangement)

अस्याम्in this

आकूत्याम्in this purpose/resolve

अस्याम्in this

आशिषिin this blessing

अस्याम्in this

देवहूत्याम्in this invocation of the gods

स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-formula)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Pitṛs (nearer ancestors), collective

Chandas: Litany/prose-like mantra cadence

Mantra Rasa

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