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Mantra 9

Sukta 50

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षाः फलवतीं द्युवं दत्त गां क्षीरिणीमिव । सं मा कृतस्य धारया धनुः स्नाव्नेव नह्यत

IAST Transliteration

ákṣāḥ phálavatīṁ dyúvaṁ datta gā́ṁ kṣīríṇīm iva | sáṁ mā kr̥tásya dhā́rayā dhánuḥ snā́vnā iva nahyata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Dice, grant the fruitful game—grant, as it were, a milk-rich cow. With the steady stream of the winning cast bind me fast, as a bow is bound with its sinew-string.

Translation

ஓ அக்ஷாஃ (பாசைகளே), பலன் தரும் த்யூதம் (விளையாட்டு) அருளுங்கள்—பால் நிறைந்த பசுவை அளிப்பதுபோல். க்ருதம் (வெற்றி தரும் பாசை) எனும் நிலையான ஓட்டத்தால் என்னை உறுதியாகக் கட்டுங்கள்; நாண் (ஸ்நாவ்ன்) கொண்டு வில் கட்டப்படுவது போல.

Word by Word

अक्षाःdice (as agents)

फलवतीम्fruitful, bringing gain

द्युवम्heavenly brightness / sky (as a boon)

दत्त(have) given / bestowed

गाम्a cow

क्षीरिणीम्milk-yielding

इवlike, as

सम्together, completely

माme

कृतस्यof what is done / of the deed

धारयाwith a stream/flow

धनुःa bow

स्नाव्नाwith a bowstring / sinew-cord

इवlike

नह्यतbind (fasten)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (dyūta/victory section)

Devata: Akṣāḥ (Dice) as personified powers of fate; success (kṛta) as operative force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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