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Atharva Veda 4.5.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 1

Sukta 5

स्वापनम्। स॒हस्र॑शृङ्गो वृष॒भो यः स॑मु॒द्रादु॒दाच॑रत्। तेना॑ सह॒स्येऽना व॒यं नि जना॑न्त्स्वापयामसि

svā́panam | sahásraśṛṅgo vṛṣabhó yáḥ samudrā́d udā́carat | ténā sahasyé ’nā vayáṃ ní jánān svāpayāmasi ||

Sleep— the thousand-horned Bull who from the ocean hath come forth: with that, O mighty one, do we, without fail, cause the folk to sink down into slumber.

النَّوْمُ—الثَّوْرُ ذو الأَلْفِ قَرْنٍ الَّذي خَرَجَ مِنَ المُحِيطِ: بِهِ، يا جَبَّارُ، نُسْقِطُ القَوْمَ لا مَحَالَةَ في سُباتٍ عَميقٍ.

सहस्रशृङ्गःthe thousand-horned (one)
सहस्रशृङ्गः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसहस्र-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समासः बहुव्रीहिः)
वृषभःbull
वृषभः:
कर्तृ (सहस्रशृङ्गः इत्यस्य विशेष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-प्रदर्शकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्रात्from the ocean
समुद्रात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उदाचरत्went forth / arose and moved
उदाचरत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-आ-चर् (धातु: चर् ‘to move/go’; उपसर्गौ: उद्+आ)
तेनwith that / by him
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रेin (the) thousand (i.e., among the thousand)
सहस्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अनाalong, with, in company
अना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअना (अव्यय; निपात/उपसर्गसदृशः)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, fully (intensive)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
जनान्people
जनान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वापयामसिwe cause (them) to sleep / lull
स्वापयामसि:
TypeVerb
Rootस्वप् (धातु: स्वप् ‘to sleep’; णिच्-प्रयोगः: स्वापय- ‘to cause to sleep’)

Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa

Devata: Svāpana (Sleep) / coercive bull-like power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: raudra

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