Atharva Veda 12.3.27: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 27

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒तेव॑ प्र॒भ्वीरु॒त संमि॑तास उ॒त शु॒क्राः शु॒च॑यश्चा॒मृता॑सः । ता ओ॑द॒नं दंप॑तिभ्यां॒ प्रशि॑ष्टा आपः॒ शिक्ष॑न्तीः पचता सुनाथाः

IAST Transliteration

utéva prabhvī́r utá sáṃmitāsa utá śukrā́ḥ śúcayaś cāmr̥tā́saḥ | tā́ odanáṃ dampátibhyāṃ práśiṣṭā ā́paḥ śíkṣantīḥ pacata sunā́thāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, mighty are they; yea, well-measured; yea, bright and clean and ambrosial. Those Waters, appointed for the wedded pair, instructing, (say) ‘Cook ye the odana,’—well-guarded be ye.

Translation

Ja, mächtig sind sie; ja, wohl abgemessen; ja, leuchtend, rein und amṛta. Jene Wasser, dem Ehepaar zugewiesen, belehrend, (sprechen): »Kocht den odana«; — wohl behütet sollt ihr sein.

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Word by Word

• उत: and/also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• इव: as/like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• प्रभ्वीः: mighty, powerful (fem. pl.)
• प्रभ्वीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभ्वी (प्र-भू + ई; प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and/also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• संमितासः: well-measured, well-portioned (masc. pl.)
• संमितासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संमित (सम् + √मा ‘to measure’ → ‘measured, well-portioned’; प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and/also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• शुक्राः: bright, shining (masc. pl.)
• शुक्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचयः: pure, clean (masc. pl.)
• शुचयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अमृतासः: immortal, deathless (masc. pl.)
• अमृतासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताः: those (fem. pl.)
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनम्: cooked rice, gruel
• ओदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• दम्पतिभ्याम्: to the two householders (husband and wife)
• दम्पतिभ्याम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘house-lord’ couple)

• प्रशिष्टाः: directed, enjoined, instructed (fem. pl.)
• प्रशिष्टाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशिष्ट (प्र + √शास ‘to instruct/command’ → past passive participle; प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्/अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिक्षन्तीः: teaching/instructing (fem. pl.)
• शिक्षन्तीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिक्ष् (to learn/teach, train) → शि॒क्षन्ती (present active participle)

• पचत: cook (you all)!
• पचत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (to cook)

• सुनाथाः: well-protecting, good guardians (masc. pl.)
• सुनाथाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-नाथ (सु + नाथ ‘good protector/lord’; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 12.3 tradition (variable).

Devata: Āpas (Waters) as agentive instructors; implicitly Agni as cooker.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara