Atharva Veda 9.3.31: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 31

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दि॒शोदि॑शः॒ शाला॑या॒ नमो॑ महि॒म्ने स्वाहा॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ स्वा॒ह्येऽभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

diśódiśaḥ śā́lāyā námo mahimné svā́hā devébhyaḥ svāhyè’bhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage to the quarters—yea, to every quarter—of the Hall; homage to its majesty. Svāhā! Svāhā to the Gods, to those meet for the Svāhā-call.

Translation

दिशो दिशः शालायै नमो, महिम्ने नमः। स्वाहा। देवेभ्यः स्वाहा, स्वाह्येऽभ्यः स्वाहा॥

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Word by Word

• दिशः: the directions (quarters)
• दिशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिश्/दिशा)

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिश्/दिशा)

• शालायै: to the hall/house (śālā)
• शालायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable (fixed form used as interjection) / Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिम्ने: to (its) greatness/majesty
• महिम्ने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)

• एभ्यः: to these (ones)
• एभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-protection formula; specific ṛṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Diśaḥ (Directions/Quarters) and Devāḥ (the Gods collectively)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-style formula (not a strict ṛgvedic meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta