Atharva Veda 18.2.25: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 25

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा त्वा॑ वृ॒क्षः सं बा॑धिष्ट॒ मा दे॒वी पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही। लो॒कं पि॒तृषु॑ वि॒त्त्वैध॑स्व य॒मरा॑जसु

IAST Transliteration

mā́ tvā vr̥kṣáḥ sáṃ bādhiṣṭa mā́ devī́ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ | lokáṃ pitṛ́ṣu vidvā́ édhasva yamarā́jasu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the wood oppress thee; let not the Goddess Earth, the mighty, press upon thee. Knowing, win thee a world among the Fathers; wax thou in the realms of King Yama.

Translation

لا يَسْحَقْكَ الخشبُ، ولا تَضْغَطْ عليكَ الإلهةُ الأرضُ العظيمةُ الجليلة. وبالمعرفةِ انَلْ لنفسِكَ عالَمًا بين الآباءِ (Pitṛ)؛ وازْدَدْ نُمُوًّا في عوالمِ الملكِ يَما (Yama).

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षः: tree
• वृक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• बाधिष्ट: may (it) afflict/press; (let it) harm
• बाधिष्ट: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु) बाधने

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; मह्/महत्-सम्बद्ध)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृषु: among the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वित्त्वा: having found/attained; having known
• वित्त्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) ज्ञाने

• एधस्व: grow; prosper; be kindled
• एधस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: एध् (धातु) वृद्धौ/दीप्तौ

• यमराजसु: among the rulers of Yama; in Yama’s dominion
• यमराजसु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराज (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18); verse-level r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth), Yama-rājan, Pitṛs (ancestral collectivity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira