Atharva Veda 4.33.8: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 8

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स नः॒ सिन्धु॑मिव ना॒वाति॑ पर्ष स्व॒स्तये॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.33.8

IAST Transliteration

sá naḥ síndhum iva nā́vā́ti parṣa svastáye | ápa naḥ śóśucat aghám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So bear us over, for our welfare, as in a boat across the Sindhu: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Translation

فَهكذا، لِسَلامَتِنا، اعبرْ بنا كما في زورقٍ عبرَ السِّندهو؛ وأحرِقْ عنّا الشَّرَّ.

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Word by Word

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ (वाक्ये कर्ता/विषयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सिन्धुम्: river; sea; stream
• सिन्धुम्: कर्म (उपमान-आधारः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नाव: a boat
• नाव: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: across; over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• पर्ष: carry (us) across; bring safely over
• पर्ष: क्रिया (मुख्य-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (पॄ/पॄञ्) ‘to carry across, bring over, save’

• स्वस्तये: for well-being; for safety
• स्वस्तये: सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/फलार्थः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• नः: from us; of us
• नः: अपादान/सम्बन्ध ( ‘from us’/‘of us’—अपसारणार्थे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शोशुचत्: let (it) burn away; let (it) be driven off
• शोशुचत्: क्रिया (अपसारण-क्रिया: ‘let it burn/torment away’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् ‘to shine; be pure; (also) burn, torment’ (with reduplication: शो-शुच्)

• अघम्: evil; sin; harm
• अघम्: कर्म (अपसार्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Svastí (well-being) as goal; protective agency as the effective ‘boat’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira