Mantra 31

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अविर्वै नाम देवतर्तेनास्ते परीवृता । तस्या रूपेणेमे वृक्षा हरिता हरितस्रजः

IAST Transliteration

avíḥ váí nā́ma devátā ṛténa ā́ste párīvṛtā | tásyā rūpéṇéme vṛ́kṣā hárītā háritasrajaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Avī’ by name is a Deity: with Ṛta she sitteth, encompassed round. In her very form are these trees—green, green-garlanded.

Translation

„Avī“ ist der Name einer Gottheit: mit Ṛta (der kosmischen Ordnung) sitzt sie, ringsum umhüllt. In ihrer eigenen Gestalt sind diese Bäume: grün, mit grünen Girlanden geschmückt.

Word by Word

• अविः: the ewe; sheep (as subject)
• अविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• नाम: by name; namely
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (निपात/अव्यय)

• देवतर्तेन: with/through Devatarta (name of a being/person)
• देवतर्तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतर्त- (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तर्त)

• आस्ते: sits; remains
• आस्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आसँ उपवेशने)

• परीवृता: surrounded; enclosed
• परीवृता: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृत् (वृतँ वरणे) → परीवृत (कृदन्त)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपेण: by/with (her) form; in (her) appearance
• रूपेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षाः: trees
• वृक्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिताः: green; tawny
• हरिताः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरितस्रजः: wearing green garlands; with green wreaths
• हरितस्रजः: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हरितस्रज्- (प्रातिपदिक; हरित + स्रज् ‘माला’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Avī (named devatā) / Ṛta-associated protective power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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