Mantra 1

Sukta 102

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आत्मनोऽहिंसनम्। १ प्रजापतिः। द्यावापृथिवी, अन्तरिक्षम्, मृत्युः। विराट् पुरस्ताद् बृहती। नमस्कृत्य द्यावापृथिवीभ्यामन्तरिक्षाय मृत्यवे । मेक्षाम्यूर्ध्वस्तिष्ठन् मा मा हिंसिषुरीश्वराः

IAST Transliteration

namaskṛ́tya dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyām antárikṣāya mṛtyáve | mékṣāmy ū́rdhvas tíṣṭhan mā́ mā hiṃsiṣur ī́śvarāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having made obeisance to Heaven and Earth, to the Mid-air, to Death, I would win release: standing upright, let not the mighty Powers injure me.

Translation

(Tự thân không bị tổn hại) Sau khi đảnh lễ Trời và Đất, đảnh lễ Trung giới (Antarikṣa), đảnh lễ Tử thần, nguyện ta giành được sự giải thoát. Khi ta đứng thẳng, hỡi các Quyền năng tối thượng, xin chớ làm hại ta.

Word by Word

नमस्कृत्यhaving saluted / having paid homage

द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्by/with Heaven-and-Earth

अन्तरिक्षायto the midspace / atmosphere

मृत्यवेto Death

मेक्षामिI mingle / I join (myself)

ऊर्ध्वःupright / upward

तिष्ठन्standing

माdo not

माme

हिंसिषुःmay they injure / let them not injure

ईश्वराःthe lords / the powerful ones

Attribution

Rishi: Prajāpati (as given in the input header)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Antarikṣa, Mṛtyu (as given)

Chandas: Virāṭ (pūrvastād), Bṛhatī (as given in the input header)

Mantra Rasa

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