Mantra 11

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयमग्निरुपसद्य इह सूर्य उदेतु ते । उदेहि मृत्योर्गम्भीरात् कृष्णाच्चित् तमसस्परि

IAST Transliteration

ayám agnír upasádya ihá sū́rya úd etu te | úd ehi mṛtyór gambhīrā́t kṛṣṇā́c cit támasas pári

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here is Agni, to be approached and sat beside; let the Sun arise for thee. Rise thou forth from Death’s deep gulf—yea, from the blackness—out of the darkness round about.

Translation

Đây là Agni, đấng cần được đến gần và ngồi kề phụng thờ; nguyện Mặt Trời mọc lên cho ngươi. Hãy trỗi dậy khỏi vực sâu của Tử thần—phải, cả khỏi bóng đen—ra khỏi màn tối bao quanh.

Word by Word

अयम्this (one)

अग्निःAgni; fire

उपसद्यःto be approached; fit to be sat near/attended

इहhere

सूर्यःthe Sun

उदेतुlet (him/it) rise

तेfor you; to you

उदेहिrise up; come forth

मृत्योःof death; from death

गम्भीरात्from the deep (abyss)

कृष्णात्from the black (darkness)

चित्even

तमसःof darkness

परिaround; beyond; away from

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (Anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Agni and Sūrya; opposed to Mṛtyu and Tamas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; confirm in edition).

Mantra Rasa

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