Mantra 1
Sukta 51
परिपाणम्। बृहस्पतिर्नः परि पातु पश्चादुतोत्तरस्मादधरादघायोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्तादुत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरीयः कृणोतु
paripā́ṇam | bŕ̥haspátir naḥ pári pātu paścā́d utóttarasmā́d ádharād aghāyóḥ | índraḥ purástād utá madhyató naḥ sákhā sákhibhyo várīyaḥ kr̥ṇotu
All-round protection: May Bṛhaspati guard us round about—from behind, and from the north, and from below, against the evil-doer. May Indra, from the front and from the midst, as friend, for his friends, make for us a safer, wider room.
ਚੌਫੇਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ: ਬ੍ਰਿਹਸਪਤੀ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਹਰ ਪਾਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾਵੇ—ਪਿੱਛੋਂ, ਉੱਤਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ, ਅਤੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ—ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਕਰਤਾ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ। ਇੰਦਰ ਅੱਗੋਂ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰੋਂ, ਮਿੱਤਰ ਬਣ ਕੇ, ਆਪਣੇ ਮਿੱਤਰਾਂ ਲਈ, ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਹੋਰ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਥਾਂ ਬਣਾਵੇ।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective formula section)
Devata: Bṛhaspati and Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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