[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra) › [Sandhi-resolved (padapāṭha-style) version](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha) › 2.4.6 # Mantrabrahmana 2.4.6 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4.6) vi=rūpa-akṣas asi danta-añjiṣ / tasya te śayyā parṇe gṛhās antarikṣe vi-mitam hiraṇmayam / tat devānām hṛdayāni ayasmaye kumbhe antar sam-ni=hitāni / tāni bala-bhṛt ca bala-sāt ca rakṣatas a-pra=maṇī a-ni=miṣatas satyam / yat te dvā-daśa putrās te tvā saṃvatsare-saṃvatsare kāma-preṇa yajñena yājayitvā punar brahm-acaryam upa-yanti / tvam deveṣu brāhmaṇas asi aham manuṣyeṣu brāhmaṇas vai brāhmaṇam upa-dhāvati upa tvā dhāvāmi / japantam mā mā prati-jāpīṣ juhvantam mā mā prati-hauṣīṣ kurvantam mā mā prati-kārṣīṣ / tvām pra-padye tvayā pra-sūtas idam karma kariṣyāmi tat me rādhyatām tat me sam-ṛdhyatām tat me upa-padyatām / samudras mā viśva-vyacās brahmā anu-jānātu tuthas mā viśva-vedās brahmaṇas putras anu-jānātu śvātras mā pra-cetās maitrā-varuṇas anu-jānātu / tasmai vi=rūpa-akṣāya danta-añjaye samudrāya viśva-vyacase tuthāya viśva-vedase śvātrāya pra-cetase sahasra-akṣāya brahmaṇas putrāya namas // > You are different-eyed, anointed-toothed. / Your couch is in a leaf; your dwelling is in the atmosphere, a golden pavilion. / There the hearts of the gods are placed inside an iron pot. / Balabhṛt and Balasāt protect them, never slumbering, unwinking, truly. / Your twelve sons, / having caused you to sacrifice year after year with the wish-fulfilling sacrifice, / enter upon brahmacarya again. / You are a brāhmaṇa among the gods, I among mortals. / A brāhmaṇa indeed runs to a brāhmaṇa; I run to you. / Do not chant against me as I chant; do not pour oblations against me as I pour oblations; / do not act against me as I act. / To you I resort; impelled by you I will perform this rite: / let that succeed for me, let that prosper for me, let that turn out well for me! / May the all-embracing ocean, the Brahmā, permit me! / May Tutha, who knows all, the son of Brahman, permit me! / May the attentive, benevolent Maitrāvaruṇa permit me! / Homage to that different-eyed, anointed-toothed, all-embracing ocean, / to Tutha who knows all, to the attentive, benevolent, / thousand-eyed son of Brahman! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4.5) - [Next: 2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4.7) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha~en-mt.2.4.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.4.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.4.6) · Pramāṇa