Atharva Veda 9.4.24: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 24

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒तं वो॒ युवा॑नं॒ प्रति॑ दध्मो॒ अत्र॒ तेन॒ क्रीड॑न्तीश्चरत॒ वशाँ॒ अनु॑ । मा नो॑ हासिष्ट ज॒नुषा॑ सुभागा रा॒यश्च॒ पोषै॑र॒भि नः॑ सचध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

etáṁ vo yúvānaṁ práti dadhmo átra ténā krī́ḍantīś carata váśāṁ ánu | mā́ no hāsiṣṭa jánuṣā subhā́gā rā́yaś ca póṣair abhí naḥ sacadhvam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This youthful one we set before you here: with him, sporting, go your ways, ye tractable (cows), following after. Forsake us not, fortunate by your very birth; and with prosperings let wealth cleave fast about us.

Translation

هذا الفَتَى نُقيمُه أمامَكُنَّ ههنا؛ فبه، لاعِباتٍ، امضينَ في سُبُلِكُنَّ، أيتها الأبقارُ المُنقادة، تابِعاتٍ له. لا تَهجُرنَنا، يا ذواتِ اليُمنِ بميلادِكُنَّ؛ ومع النماءاتِ والزياداتِ فلتلتصِقِ الثروةُ بنا التصاقًا.

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Word by Word

• एतम्: this (one), him
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• युवानम्: young
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• दध्मः: we have placed / we set
• दध्मः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) [दधा-]

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• तेन: with that / by him
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रीडन्तीः: playing (fem. pl.)
• क्रीडन्तीः: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) → क्रीडन्ती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• चरत: move about, go
• चरत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• वशाः: Vashā-cows (cows for rite/charms)
• वशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• मा: do not
• मा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• नः: us / our
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हासिष्ट: leave, abandon
• हासिष्ट: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु) [जहा-]

• जनुषा: by birth, by nature
• जनुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभागाः: fortunate, auspicious (fem. pl.)
• सुभागाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• रायः: of wealth
• रायः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पोषैः: with prosperities, nourishments
• पोषैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• नः: us / our
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सचध्वम्: join (yourselves), accompany
• सचध्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) [सच्/सञ्च् ‘to accompany, attach’]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indraic potency implicit; primary addressees are the cows/herd as living recipients

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-like length (longer pādas; Atharvanic mixed meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta