Atharva Veda 7.53.5: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 5

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र वि॑शतं प्राणापानावन॒ड्वाहा॑विव व्र॒जम्। अ॒यं ज॑रि॒म्णः शे॑व॒धिररि॑ष्ट इ॒ह व॑र्धताम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.53.5

IAST Transliteration

prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ayáṃ jarímṇaḥ śévadhir áriṣṭa ihá vardhatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Enter ye forth, O In-breath and Out-breath, as two draught-oxen enter the stall. Here may this treasure against wasting, unharmed, wax and prosper.

Translation

تقدّما وادخلا، يا نَفَسَ الدُّخول ونَفَسَ الخروج، كما يدخل ثورانِ الجرّ إلى الحظيرة. ههنا فليَنمُ هذا الكنزُ المضادُّ للذُّبول، سالمًا غيرَ مُصاب، وليزدهر.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• विशतम्: enter (you two)!
• विशतम्: Kartā (addressed agents)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (प्रवेशने)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath
• प्राणापानौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (prātipadika) + अपान (prātipadika)

• अनड्वाहौ: (two) draft-oxen
• अनड्वाहौ: Kartā (apposition to प्राणापानौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनड्वाह् (prātipadika)

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

• व्रजम्: enclosure; pen; stall
• व्रजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (prātipadika)

• अयम्: this (one/thing)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• जरिम्णः: of old age; of decrepitude
• जरिम्णः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरिमन् (prātipadika)

• शेवधिः: treasure; store; precious possession
• शेवधिः: Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (prātipadika)

• अरिष्टः: unharmed; uninjured; safe
• अरिष्टः: Kartā (qualifier of अयम्/शेवधिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिष्ट (prātipadika)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• वर्धताम्: let (him/it) grow; may it increase
• वर्धताम्: Kartā (subject = अयम्/शेवधिः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution for this verse not securely fixed across indices)

Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (vital breaths)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira