Mantra 51

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उच्छ्वञ्चमाना पृथिवी सु तिष्ठतु सहस्रं मित उप हि श्रयन्ताम्। ते गृहासो घृतश्चुतः स्योना विश्वाहास्मै शरणाः सन्त्वत्र

IAST Transliteration

úcchvañcamānā pṛthivī́ sú tiṣṭhatu sahásraṁ mitá úpa hí śrayantām | té gṛhā́so ghṛtaścútaḥ syónā víśvāhā́smái śaraṇā́ḥ sántv átra ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Earth, uprising, stand fast and fair; let a thousand measured portions rest upon her. Let those houses, ghee-distilling, pleasant, be for him here—shelters for all days.

Translation

愿大地奋起而安立，端正而稳固；愿千般量定之分安歇其上。愿这些屋舍，滴流酥油、吉祥安适者，在此为他成为日日的庇护与归依。

Word by Word

उच्छ्वञ्चमानाrising up, heaving (upward)

पृथिवीthe Earth

सुwell, firmly

तिष्ठतुlet (her) stand

सहस्रम्a thousand

मितःmeasured, meted

उपnear, towards

हिindeed, surely

श्रयन्ताम्let them resort/lean (to)

तेthose, they

गृहासःhouses, dwellings

घृतश्चुतःdripping with ghee

स्योनाःpleasant, comfortable

विश्वाहाःlasting all days, perpetual

अस्मैfor him (to this one)

शरणाःshelters, refuges

सन्तुlet them be

अत्रhere

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic vāstu complex (variable attribution).

Devata: Pṛthivī; secondarily ‘gṛhāsaḥ’ (houses) as beneficent entities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verify in critical metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

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