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Atharva Veda 12.2.19: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 19

Sukta 2

सीसे॑ मृड्ढ्वं न॒डे मृ॑ड्ढ्वम॒ग्नौ संक॑सुके च॒ यत्। अथो॒ अव्यां॑ रा॒मायां॑ शी॒र्षक्तिमु॑प॒बर्ह॑णे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.2.19

sī́se mṛḍḍhvam naḍé mṛ́ḍḍhvam agnáu saṅkásuke ca yát | átho avyā́ṃ rāmā́yāṃ śīrṣáktim upabárhaṇe ||

In lead be ye gracious; in the reed be gracious; in the fire, and in what is in the saṅkasuka. And also in the ewe’s soft wool, in the head-band, upon the pillow’s rest.

Seid gnädig im Blei; seid gnädig im Schilfrohr; im Feuer und in dem, was im saṅkasuka ist. Auch in der weichen Wolle des Mutterschafs, im Kopfband, auf der Lagerung des Kissens.

सीसेin/at lead (in lead)
सीसे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसीस (प्रातिपदिक) < (धातु-सम्भव) √शि/√सि?; व्यवहारतः ‘सीस’ = lead (सीसा)
मृड्ढ्वम्be gracious / give relief (to us)
मृड्ढ्वम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√मृड् (सुखे/अनुग्रहे) ‘मृड्’
न॒डेin/at the reed (cane)
न॒डे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootनड (प्रातिपदिक) ‘नड’ = reed/cane
मृड्ढ्वम्be gracious / give relief
मृड्ढ्वम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√मृड्
अग्नौin/at the fire
अग्नौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
संकसुकेin/at the saṅkasuka (a plant/substance)
संकसुके:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसंकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/औषधि-नाम, AV-विशेष)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
कर्म (अर्थानुसार) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अथोand also
अथो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ
अव्याम्in/at the ewe (sheep)
अव्याम्:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअवी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ewe/sheep’
रामायाम्in/at the ramā (named place/thing ‘Rāmā’)
रामायाम्:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम; ‘ramā’ = pleasant/quiet; अथवा द्रव्य/स्थान-नाम)
शीर्षक्तिम्head-force / power at the head
शीर्षक्तिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; शीर्ष + क्ति; ‘head-power/force at the head’)
उपबर्हणेon/at the pillow (cushion)
उपबर्हणे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootउपबर्हण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pillow/cushion’, upa+barh)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Śānti/pacification addressed to the enumerated supports; implicitly Agni as purifier

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: shanta

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