Mantra 12

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये देवा अन्तरिक्ष एकादश स्थ ते देवासो हविरिदं जुषध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

yé devā́ antárikṣa ékādaśa sthá te devāso havír idáṃ júṣadhvam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Gods who, eleven in number, stand in the mid-air,—ye Gods, accept ye graciously this oblation.

Translation

Hỡi các thần linh, mười một vị đứng trong trung không—hỡi chư thần, xin hoan hỷ thọ nhận lễ phẩm (havis) này.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air, in the atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Viśeṣaṇa (of Kartā)
• Type: Numeral (Adjective)
• Root: एकादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: you stand / abide
• स्थ: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• ते: you (those)
• ते: Sambodhana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: O gods
• देवासः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषध्वम्: enjoy/accept (for yourselves)
• जुषध्वम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष् (धातु) / जुष्-सेवने

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not marked in the supplied excerpt; commonly treated as an Atharvanic rakṣā collection in late book 19).

Devata: Antarikṣa-sthāḥ devāḥ (the eleven gods of the mid-air).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; exact metrical scan may vary with Saunaka accentuation).

Mantra Rasa

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