Atharva Veda 2.17.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयु॑र॒स्यायु॑र्मे दाः॒ स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.17.3

IAST Transliteration

ā́yur asy ā́yur me dāḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art Life: give me life. Svāhā!

Translation

أنتَ الآيُس (قوّة الحياة): هَبْ لي الآيُس. سْفَاهَا!

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Word by Word

• आयुः: life-span, vital life
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (person/thing)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life-span
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दाः: give (you should give)
• दाः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) धातु

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-उद्गार) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the single verse in isolation).

Devata: Āyus (Life) personified; secondarily the consecrated ritual medium as bearer of āyus.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short formula (mantric prose/brief metrical cadence; exact metrical classification depends on the full hymn context).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna