Prithvi Earth & Nature Vedic Mantra
Atharvaveda 12.1.12, from the hymn to the Earth: the Earth is my mother and I am her son. Sanskrit text, transliteration and meaning.
Sanskrit
तासु नो धेह्यभि नः पवस्व
माता भूमिः पुत्रो अहं पृथिव्याः ।
पर्जन्यः पिता स उ नः पिपर्तु ॥
These lines are the closing part of verse 12.1.12. The first half of the verse speaks to the Earth about her strengths: “whatever is your middle and your navel, and the powers that have come from your body”. The word “tāsu” (“among those”) points back to those powers.
Transliteration (IAST)
tāsu no dhehy abhi naḥ pavasva |
mātā bhūmiḥ putro ahaṃ pṛthivyāḥ |
parjanyaḥ pitā sa u naḥ pipartu ||
Meaning
Place us among those strengths of yours, and make us pure. The Earth is my mother, and I am her son. Parjanya, the rain, is my father. May he nourish us.
Source / Textual Reference
Atharvaveda 12.1.12 (Kanda 12, Sukta 1, verse 12; the Bhumi Sukta)
The lines shown are the second half of the verse. Text compared with Sanskrit Wikisource (the whole hymn) and a Wisdomlib essay on the goddess Prithivi, which quotes the same lines and cites 12.1.12. The first half of the verse was checked on Wikisource only, so it is described but not printed here.
Traditional Significance
These words come from the Bhumi Sukta (Atharvaveda 12.1), a well-known Vedic hymn in praise of the Earth. The line “the Earth is my mother, I am her son” is often quoted for the idea of respect and care for the land we live on.
Parjanya is the god of rain, so the verse names the Earth as mother and the rain as father.
Traditional Practice
The verse is read and quoted, especially in talks on nature and the Earth. There is no fixed time or number of repetitions.