Mantra 36

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमामेषां पृथिवीं वस्त एकोऽन्तरिक्षं पर्येको बभूव । दिवमेषां ददते यो विधर्ता विश्वा आशाः प्रति रक्षन्त्येके

IAST Transliteration

imā́m eṣā́ṃ pṛthivī́ṃ váste éko ’ntárikṣaṃ páry éko babhūva | dívaṃ eṣā́ṃ dadate yó vidhártā víśvā ā́śāḥ práti rakṣanty éke ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

One of them inhabits this Earth; one, encompassing, hath become the Mid-air. He who is Ordainer bestows on them the Heaven; and certain ones guard, each over against, all regions.

Translation

ในหมู่พวกเขา ผู้หนึ่งสถิตอยู่บนแผ่นดินนี้; ผู้หนึ่งโอบล้อมจนเป็นอากาศกลาง (antarikṣa). ผู้ทรงกำหนดระเบียบ (vidhātṛ) ประทานสวรรค์แก่พวกเขา; และบางองค์เฝ้ารักษาทุกแดนทิศ โดยยืนประจันกันคนละด้าน.

Word by Word

इमाम्this (her/this one)

एषाम्of these

पृथिवीम्earth

वस्तेdwells / inhabits

एकःone (person/being)

अन्तरिक्षम्mid-air, atmosphere

परिaround, all around

एकःone

बभूवbecame / came to be

दिवम्heaven, sky

एषाम्of these

ददतेthey give / they grant

यःwho

विधर्ताthe supporter, sustainer, ordainer

विश्वाःall

आशाःdirections, quarters

प्रतिtowards, in return, against

रक्षन्तिthey protect

एकेsome / certain ones

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer.

Devata: Vidhartṛ (Ordainer/Supporter) and directional guardians (functional deities).

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh tendency (irregular in AV transmission).

Mantra Rasa

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