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Atharva Veda 4.24.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 5

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य॒ जुष्टिं॑ सो॒मिनः॑ का॒मय॑न्ते॒ यं हव॑न्त॒ इषु॑मन्तं॒ गवि॑ष्टौ । यस्मि॑न्न॒र्कः शि॑श्रि॒ये यस्मि॒न्नोजः॒ स नो॑ मुञ्च॒त्वंह॑सः

IAST Transliteration

yásya júṣṭiṁ somínaḥ kāmáyante yáṁ havante iṣúmantaṁ gaviṣṭáu | yásminn arkáḥ śiśríye yásminn ójaḥ sá no muñcatv áṁhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose gracious favour the Soma-offerers crave; whom, arrow-armed, they call upon in cattle-quest; in whom the hymn is firmly set, in whom is strength—may he release us from distress and sin.

Translation

الذي يبتغي مُقَدِّمو السُّوما (Soma) رضاه الكريم؛ والذي، وهو مُتسلِّحٌ بالسِّهام، يدعونه في طلب الماشية؛ الذي استقرَّ فيه النشيدُ وثبت، وفيه القوّة—فليُطلِقْنا من الضيق والإثم.

Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जुष्टिम्favor, approval
जुष्टिम्:
कर्म (कामयन्ते इति)
TypeNoun
Rootजुष्टि- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √जुष् ‘to be pleased/approve’ से भाव)
सोमिनःSoma-pressers / Soma-offerers
सोमिनः:
कर्तृ (कामयन्ते)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमिन्- (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
कामयन्तेdesire, seek
कामयन्ते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कम् (कामयते) / कामय् (णिच्-प्रयोग)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (हवन्ते)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवन्तेinvoke, call
हवन्ते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हू (जुहोति/हवते)
इषुमन्तम्arrow-armed, possessing arrows
इषुमन्तम्:
कर्म (यम्—विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइषुमन्त्- (पुं. विशेषण; इषु ‘arrow’ + मन्त्)
गविष्टौin the quest for cattle / in cattle-raid
गविष्टौ:
अधिकरण (locative)
TypeNoun
Rootगविष्टि- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / गवेष्टि- (वैकल्पिक पाठ)
यस्मिन्in whom
यस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्कःhymn/chant; (also) radiance
अर्कः:
कर्तृ (शिश्रिये)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क- (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
शिश्रियेhas taken refuge, has rested
शिश्रिये:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√श्रि (आश्रयते; परस्मैपद-परिपाठे ‘श्रियति’)
यस्मिन्in whom
यस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओजःstrength, vigor
ओजः:
कर्तृ (अध्याहृतं ‘शिश्रिये’/‘अस्ति’)
TypeNoun
Rootओजस्- (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (मुञ्चतु)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःus
नः:
सम्प्रदान/अनुभोक्ता (beneficiary)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मुञ्चतुlet (him) release
मुञ्चतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मुच्
अंहसःfrom distress/sin/evil
अंहसः:
अपादान (from which released)
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्- (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-group)

Devata: Indra (implied by martial epithets and the hymn’s Indra-praise trajectory in 4.24)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical exactness depends on pada resolution)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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