Atharva Veda 18.2.33: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 33

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपा॑गूहन्न॒मृतां॒ मर्त्ये॑भ्यः कृ॒त्वा सव॑र्णामदधु॒र्विव॑स्वते । उ॒ताश्विना॑वभर॒द् यत् तदासी॒दज॑हादु॒ द्वा मि॑थु॒ना स॑र॒ण्यूः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.2.33

IAST Transliteration

ápa agūhann amṛtā́ṃ mártyebhyaḥ kṛtvā́ savárṇām adadhur vívasvate | utā́śvināv abharad yát tád āsīd ájahād u dvā́ mithunā́ saraṇyū́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They hid away the Immortal from mortal men; having made a like-formed one they set her for Vivasvant. And what she was, that the Aśvins brought again; Saraṇyū in sooth forsook the twain, the paired.

Translation

أخفَوا الخالد (أَمْرِتَا) عن البشر الفانين؛ وبعد أن صنعوا شبيهًا في الهيئة أقاموه لفيفاسفانت. وأمّا حقيقتها كما كانت، فقد أعادها الأشفينان؛ وإنّ سَرَنيُو حقًّا هجرت الاثنين، الزوجين.

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Word by Word

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग) / अप (अव्यय)

• अगूहन्: they hid/concealed
• अगूहन्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुह् (गूह्) ‘to hide, conceal’

• अमृताम्: the immortal (woman), Amṛtā
• अमृताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्येभ्यः: from mortals
• मर्त्येभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ ‘to do, make’

• सवर्णाम्: of the same appearance/colour
• सवर्णाम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदधुः: they placed/assigned
• अदधुः: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा ‘to put, place’

• विवस्वते: to Vivasvat (the Sun)
• विवस्वते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (two divine horsemen)
• अश्विनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभरत्: he brought
• अभरत्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ ‘to bear, bring’

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma/— (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्धे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/—
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् ‘to be’

• अजहात्: he left/abandoned
• अजहात्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा ‘to leave, abandon’ (अ-उपसर्गसहित)

• उ: indeed
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• द्वा: two
• द्वा: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि (संख्या)

• मिथुनौ: the pair/couple
• मिथुनौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरण्यूः: Saraṇyū (a goddess/woman)
• सरण्यूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरण्यू (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 18.2 Pitṛ-cycle tradition (variable).

Devata: Aśvinau; Vivasvant; Saraṇyū (mythic agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta