Mantra 23

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं सदो रोहिणी रोहितस्यासौ पन्थाः पृषती येन याति । तां गन्धर्वाः कश्यपा उन्नयन्ति तां रक्षन्ति कवयोऽप्रमादम्

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ sádo róhiṇī́ róhitasya asáu pánthāḥ pṛ́ṣatī yéna yā́ti | tā́ṃ gandharvā́ḥ kāśyápā unnayanti tā́ṃ rakṣanti kaváyo ’pramā́dam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This is Rohiṇī’s seat, Rohita’s: yonder is the path whereon the Spotted One goes. That path the Gandharvas, the Kāśyapas, lift and lead; that the sages guard, with never a remissness.

Translation

इदं सदो रोहिणी रोहितस्यासौ पन्थाः पृषती येन याति। तां गन्धर्वाः कश्यपा उन्नयन्ति तां रक्षन्ति कवयोऽप्रमादम्।

Word by Word

इदम्this

सदःseat; hall; assembly

रोहिणीRohiṇī (the star/constellation)

रोहितस्यof Rohita (the red one; a name)

असौthat (yonder)

पन्थाःpath; way

पृषतीthe speckled one; (name/epithet)

येनby which; along which

यातिgoes

ताम्her/that (acc.)

गन्धर्वाःGandharvas

कश्यपाःKāśyapas (descendants of Kaśyapa)

उन्नयन्तिlead up; raise; bring forth

ताम्her/that (acc.)

रक्षन्तिprotect

कवयःsages; seers

अप्रमादम्vigilance; heedfulness

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (cycle attribution within AV 13.1)

Devata: Rohiṇī/Rohita; ancillary: Gandharvas, Kāśyapas, Kavayas as guardians

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (to be verified)

Mantra Rasa

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