Atharva Veda 5.19.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 2

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये बृ॒हत्सा॑मानमाङ्गिर॒समार्प॑यन् ब्राह्म॒णं जनाः॑ । पेत्व॒स्तेषा॑मुभ॒याद॒मवि॑स्तो॒कान्या॑वयत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.19.2

IAST Transliteration

yé bṛhatsā́mānam āṅgirasám ārpáyan brāhmaṇáṃ jánāḥ | pētvós téṣām ubhayā́d amáviḥ stokā́ny ā́vayat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who bestowed the great Bṛhat-sāman, Angirasa-born, upon the Brahman—those folk, the Pētvas—Amavi from either side did ward, and kept their drops (their little boons) from harm.

Translation

যিসকলে আঙ্গিৰস-জাত মহান বৃহৎ-সামন ব্ৰাহ্মণলৈ অৰ্পণ কৰিলে—সেই লোকসকল, পেত্বসকল—উভয় দিশৰ পৰা আমৱিয়ে ৰক্ষা কৰিলে, আৰু সিহঁতৰ সৰু সৰু দান-বৰ (স্তোক) অনিষ্টৰ পৰা আঁতৰাই ৰাখিলে।

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (prātipadika)

• सामानम्: Sāman-chant
• सामानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (prātipadika)

• आङ्गिरसम्: of the Aṅgirasas / Aṅgirasa
• आङ्गिरसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आङ्गिरस (prātipadika)

• आर्पयन्: they offered/assigned
• आर्पयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प् (धातु; causative sense ‘to cause to be offered/assigned’)

• ब्राह्मणम्: to/for the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (prātipadika)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (prātipadika)

• पेत्वः: drinkers / those who have drunk
• पेत्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेतु (prātipadika; ‘one who has drunk’, from √पा ‘to drink’)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• उभयात्: from both (sides/ways)
• उभयात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उभय (prātipadika)

• अम्: indeed/just (emphatic)
• अम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अम् (particle; Vedic enclitic)

• अविष्टोकान्: the uninjured / unharmed (ones)
• अविष्टोकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अविष्टोक (prātipadika)

• यावयत्: he/it warded off, kept away
• यावयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यु/याव् (धातु; causative/denominative sense ‘to ward off, keep away’)

Attribution

Rishi: Angirasa association explicit (āṅgirasam); specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī may vary

Devata: Brahmanic merit/protection; Amavi as protective agent (interpretation uncertain)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta