Mantra 9

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवानां निहितं निधिं यमिन्द्रोऽन्वविन्दत् पथिभिर्देवयानैः । आपो हिरण्यं जुगुपुस्त्रिवृद्भिस्तास्त्वा रक्षन्तु त्रिवृता त्रिवृद्भिः

IAST Transliteration

devā́nāṃ ní-hitaṃ nidhíṃ yám índro ’nv ávindat pathíbhiḥ deva-yā́naiḥ | ā́po híraṇyaṃ jugupús trivṛ́dbhis tā́s tvā rakṣantu trivṛ́tā trivṛ́dbhiḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The treasure of the Gods, laid up in hiding, which Indra tracked and found by paths that lead to heaven—Gold did the Waters guard with triple ward: may those same Waters guard thee, threefold, with threefold guards.

Translation

தேவர்களின் மறைவில் வைக்கப்பட்ட நிதி—அதை இந்திரன் தேவயான (வானுலகப் பாதை) வழிகளால் தேடி கண்டான். அந்தப் பொன்னைக் ‘ஆபः’ (நீர்கள்) திரிவ்ருத் (மூன்று அடுக்கு) காவலால் காத்தன; அதே நீர்களே உன்னையும் திரிவ்ருத் முறையில், திரிவ்ருத் காவல்களால் காக்கட்டும்.

Word by Word

देवानाम्of the gods

निहितम्placed, deposited

निधिम्treasure, deposit

यम्which

इन्द्रःIndra

अन्वविन्दत्found, discovered

पथिभिःby (the) paths

देवयानैःby the god-going (divine) (paths)

आपःthe waters

हिरण्यम्gold

जुगुपुःguarded, protected

त्रिवृद्भिःwith threefold (means/guards)

ताःthose (waters)

त्वाyou

रक्षन्तुmay (they) protect

त्रिवृताby/with the threefold (form/measure)

त्रिवृद्भिःwith threefold (guards/means)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Āpas (Waters); associated: Indra; object-power: Hiraṇya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with extended cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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