Atharva Veda 9.2.22: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याव॑ती॒र्भृङ्गा॑ ज॒त्वःऽ कु॒रूर॑वो॒ याव॑ती॒र्वघा॑ वृक्षस॒र्प्योऽ बभू॒वुः । तत॒स्त्वम॑सि॒ ज्याया॑न् वि॒श्वहा॑ म॒हांस्तस्मै॑ ते काम॒ नम॒ इत् कृ॑णोमि

IAST Transliteration

yā́vatīr bhṛ́ṅgā jatváḥ kurū́ravo yā́vatīr vághā vṛkṣasárpyo babhūvúḥ | tatás tvám asi jyā́yān viśváhā mahā́ṁs tásmai te kā́ma náma ít kṛṇomi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As many as are the bees, the winged swarms, the harsh-crying; as many as are the smiters, the tree-creeping serpents that have come to be—therefrom art thou the greater, evermore the mighty: to thee, O Kāma, I do indeed make reverent homage.

Translation

بعددِ ما هنالك من النحلِ، أسرابٍ مُجنَّحةٍ صاخبةِ النداء؛ وبعددِ ما هنالك من الضاربين، حيّاتٍ زاحفةٍ على الشجر قد صارت كذلك—من هناك أنتَ الأعظم، على الدوام الجليلَ القويَّ. لكَ يا كاما (Kāma) أُقيمُ حقًّا سجودَ التبجيل.

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Word by Word

• यावतीः: as many (as)
• यावतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भृङ्गाः: bees
• भृङ्गाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• जत्वः: lac-insects / resin-producers
• जत्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जत्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुरूरवः: (a kind of insect/creature; lit. ‘harsh-crying’)
• कुरूरवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरूरव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावतीः: as many (as)
• यावतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वघाः: biters/stingers; harmful creatures
• वघाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षसर्प्यः: tree-creepers / tree-serpents (creeping creatures)
• वृक्षसर्प्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्षसर्पी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूवुः: they have become / came to be
• बभूवुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ततः: therefrom / then
• ततः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ज्यायान्: greater, superior
• ज्यायान्: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)

• विश्वहा: at all times, always
• विश्वहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वहा (अव्यय)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him/that (one)
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• काम: O Desire (personified)
• काम: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• कृणोमि: I make / I perform
• कृणोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer attribution within Kāma-hymn complex (varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Kāma

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara