Sanskrit Text
आ न॑ एतु पुरश्चरं॑। सह देवैरिमं हवम्। मन: श्रेय॑सि श्रेयसि। कर्म॑न् यज्ञप॑तिं दध॑त्। जुषतां मे वागिदं हवि:। विराड् देवी पुरोहि॑ता। हव्यवाडन॑पायिनी। यया॑ रूपाणि॑ बहुदा वद॑न्ति। पेशांसि देवा: प॑रमे जनित्रे। सा नो॑ विराडन॑पस्फुरन्ती॥ 52 ॥
(Note: Minor scribal quirks from the source file, such as hyphens and missing anusvaras like in “इम हवम्” and “पेशासि”, have been normalized to “इमं हवम्” and “पेशांसि” for accurate Sanskrit grammar).
IAST Transliteration
ā na etu puraścaram | saha devair imaṃ havam | manaḥ śreyasi śreyasi | karman yajñapatiṃ dadhat | juṣatāṃ me vāg idaṃ haviḥ | virāḍ devī purohitā | havyavāḍ anapāyinī | yayā rūpāṇi bahudā vadanti | peśāṃsi devāḥ parame janitre | sā no virāḍ anapasphurantī || 52 ||
Word-by-Word Meaning
- आ एतु (ā etu): May (He/It) come
- नः (naḥ / na): to us
- पुरश्चरम् (puraścaram): moving in front / leading
- सह (saha): along with
- देवैः (devaiḥ): the gods
- इमम् हवम् (imam havam): to this invocation / sacrifice
- मनः (manaḥ): the Mind
- श्रेयसि श्रेयसि (śreyasi śreyasi): in better and better / increasingly excellent
- कर्मन् (karman): actions / deeds
- यज्ञपतिम् (yajñapatim): the lord of the sacrifice (the patron/performer)
- दधत् (dadhat): placing / establishing
- जुषताम् (juṣatām): may (She) accept / enjoy
- मे (me): my
- वाक् (vāk): Speech (the Goddess of Speech)
- इदम् हविः (idam haviḥ): this oblation
- विराट् देवी (virāṭ devī): the sovereign/radiant Goddess
- पुरोहिता (purohitā): placed in front / the foremost priestess
- हव्यवाट् (havyavāṭ): the bearer of oblations
- अनपायिनी (anapāyinī): unfailing / imperishable / never departing
- यया (yayā): by whom (by Speech)
- रूपाणि (rūpāṇi): forms / manifestations
- बहुदा (bahudā): in manifold ways (often written bahudhā)
- वदन्ति (vadanti): they speak / declare
- पेशांसि (peśāṃsi): beautiful forms / ornate forms
- देवाः (devāḥ): the gods
- परमे जनित्रे (parame janitre): in the supreme birthplace / highest source
- सा (sā): She
- नः (no / naḥ): for us / to us
- विराट् (virāṭ): the sovereign Goddess
- अनपस्फुरन्ती (anapasphurantī): not slipping away / unyielding / steady (written as anapasphuranti in the text)
Summary Meaning
“May the leading Mind, moving at the forefront, come to us along with the gods to accept this invocation, establishing the lord of the sacrifice in increasingly excellent deeds.
May the sovereign Goddess of Speech (Vāk) accept my oblation. She is the foremost guide and the unfailing bearer of offerings. It is through Her that the gods declare manifold forms and beautiful expressions in the supreme birthplace. May that radiant Goddess remain steady and never slip away from us.”