Atharva Veda 12.3.5: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यं वां॑ पि॒ता पच॑ति॒ यं च॑ मा॒ता रि॒प्रान्निर्मु॑क्त्यै॒ शम॑लाच्च वा॒चः । स ओ॑द॒नः श॒तधा॑रः स्व॒र्ग उ॒भे व्याऽप नभ॑सी महि॒त्वा

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.3.5

IAST Transliteration

yáṁ vā́ṁ pitā́ pácati yáṁ ca mātā́ riprā́n nirmúktyai śámalāc ca vā́caḥ | sá odanáḥ śatádhāraḥ svargá ubhé vy-ā́pa nábhasī mahitvā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That which your Father cooketh for you, and that which also your Mother—unto release from blemish and from sin, and from the fault of speech—that porridge, hundred-streamed, heaven-winning, hath with its majesty filled both the firmaments.

Translation

Was euer Vater für euch kocht und was auch eure Mutter — zur Lösung von Makel und von Schuld und vom Fehl der Rede: dieser Odana, hundertströmg, himmelgewinnend, hat mit seiner Hoheit beide Himmelsräume erfüllt.

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Word by Word

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पचति: cooks
• पचति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पाक)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माता: the mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिप्रान्: the defiled/impure ones (pollutions)
• रिप्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्मुक्त्यै: for release/deliverance
• निर्मुक्त्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √मुच् + नि + क्ति)

• शमलात्: from sin/taint
• शमलात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमल (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वाचः: of speech/utterance
• वाचः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: that/he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनः: the cooked rice/porridge (oblation-food)
• ओदनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतधारः: having a hundred streams (abundantly flowing)
• शतधारः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-धार (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष)

• स्वर्गः: heavenly / leading to heaven
• स्वर्गः: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभे: both
• उभे: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्याप: pervaded/filled
• व्याप: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (व्याप्तौ) + वि (उपसर्ग) → व्याप् (धातु-आदेश)

• नभसी: the two firmaments/expanses
• नभसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महित्वा: by (his) greatness / in greatness
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract) used adverbially
• Root: महित्व (प्रातिपदिक; √मह्/मंह् + इत्व) अथवा ‘महित्व’ (भाव) + तृतीया

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Odana as sacralized offering; implicit svarga and cosmic ‘nabhases’.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh tendency (confirm by syllable count).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna