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Atharva Veda 4.26.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 2

Sukta 26

प्र॒ति॒ष्ठे ह्यभ॑वत॒ वसू॑नां॒ प्रवृ॑द्धे देवी सुभगे उरूची । द्यावा॑पृथिवी॒ भव॑तं मे स्यो॒ने ते नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः

pratíṣṭhe hí abhavata vásūnām právr̥ddhe devī́ subháge urū́cī | dyā́vāpṛthivī́ bhavatam me syóne té no muñcatám áṃhasaḥ

For ye have been the firm foundation of riches—ye two goddesses, grown great, fortunate, far-radiant. O Heaven and Earth, be to me a kindly refuge: from anguish and sin do ye release us.

فقد كنتما الأساسَ الراسخَ للثروات—أيتها الإلهتان، وقد ازددتما عِظَماً، سعيدتين، واسعتَي الإشعاع. يا سماءَ وأرضَ، كونا لي ملجأً رحيماً؛ ومن الضيقِ والخطيئة أطلقانا.

प्रतिष्ठेO foundation / O firm support
प्रतिष्ठे:
सम्बोधन (address) / (प्रयोगे) अधिकरण-भावः
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिष्ठा (प्रति-√स्था) (प्रातिपदिक) / प्रतिष्ठा-
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात) / hi
अभवत्became / came to be
अभवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
वसूनाम्of the Vasus / of the good ones (wealth-givers)
वसूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवृद्धेO greatly grown / O increased
प्रवृद्धे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवृद्ध (प्र-√वृध्, क्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
देविO goddess
देवि:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुभगेO fortunate one
सुभगे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभग- (सु-भग) (प्रातिपदिक)
उरूचीO wide-shining / far-radiant one
उरूची:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootउरूची- (उरु- + √उच्/उच् ‘to shine’, स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्तृ (of the following verb)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावा-पृथिवी (समास: द्वन्द्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतम्be (you two) / become
भवतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
मेmy / for me
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
स्योनेO kindly / gracious / comfortable ones
स्योने:
सम्बोधन (address to the pair as ‘O kindly ones’)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्योन- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthose two / you two
ते:
कर्तृ (of the following verb)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
नःus
नः:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मुञ्चतम्release (you two)
मुञ्चतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुञ्चति)
अंहसःfrom distress / sin / trouble
अंहसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna

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