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Atharva Veda 5.24.8: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 8

Sukta 24

वा॒युर॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒स्याधि॑पतिः॒ स मा॑वतु । अ॒स्मिन् ब्रह्म॑ण्य॒स्मिन् कर्म॑ण्य॒स्यां पु॑रो॒धाया॑म॒स्यां प्र॑ति॒ष्ठाया॑म॒स्या॑ चित्त्या॑म॒स्यामाकू॑त्याम॒स्यामा॒शिष्य॒स्यां दे॒वहू॑त्यां॒ स्वाहा॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.24.8

vāyúr antárikṣasy ádʰipatiḥ sá mā́vatu | asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m puródʰāyām asyā́m pratíṣṭʰāyām asyā́m cíttyām asyā́m ākū́tyām asyā́m āśíṣi asyā́m deváhūtyāṁ svā́hā

Vāyu, the Lord of the Mid-air, let him protect me: in this holy spell, in this rite; in this fore-placing, in this firm establishment; in this intent, in this purposed will; in this blessing, in this calling of the Gods—Svāhā!

วายุ (Vāyu) เจ้าแห่งอันตริกษะ—แดนกลางฟ้า ขอท่านคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้า: ในพรหมมนต์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ ในพิธีกรรมนี้; ในการวางไว้ล่วงหน้านี้ ในการสถาปนามั่นคงนี้; ในความตั้งใจนี้ ในเจตจำนงที่มุ่งหมายนี้; ในคำอวยพรนี้ ในการอัญเชิญเทพทั้งหลายนี้—สวาหา (Svāhā)!

वायुःWind (Vāyu)
वायुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षस्यof the mid-air/atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिपतिःlord, ruler
अधिपतिः:
कर्तृ (वायुः इति विशेषण/समासार्थे)
TypeNoun
Rootअधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe (that one)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माम्me
माम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवतुmay (he) protect
अवतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणिin the sacred utterance/prayer (brahman)
ब्रह्मणि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कर्मणिin the rite/action
कर्मणि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरोधायाम्in this placing-in-front/fore-ordination (purodhā)
पुरोधायाम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोधा (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिष्ठायाम्in this establishment/foundation
प्रतिष्ठायाम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्त्याम्in this intention/thought (citti)
चित्त्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आकूत्याम्in this resolve/purpose (ākūti)
आकूत्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootआकूति (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशिष्याम्in this blessing/benediction
आशिष्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootआशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्याम्in this
अस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवहूत्याम्in this invocation/calling of the gods
देवहूत्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदेवहूति (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-formula)
स्वाहा:
(मन्त्र-उद्गारः/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this extract).

Devata: Vāyu (antarikṣasya adhipati).

Chandas: Litany-like Anuṣṭubh cadence with extended locative enumeration.

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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