Atharva Veda 16.2.5: Kanda 16, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुश्रु॑तिश्च॒ मोप॑श्रुतिश्च॒ मा हा॑सिष्टां॒ सौप॑र्णं॒ चक्षु॒रज॑स्रं॒ ज्योतिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 16.2.5

IAST Transliteration

suśrútiś ca mópaśrútiś ca mā́ hās̱iṣṭāṃ sáuparṇaṃ cákṣur ájasraṃ jyótiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Good hearing and attentive hearing—let them not forsake me; eagle-like be the eye, unceasing the light.

Translation

Gutes Hören und aufmerksames Hören — sie sollen mich nicht verlassen; wie die suparṇa (der Adler) sei das Auge, unablässig das Licht.

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Word by Word

• सुश्रुतिः: good hearing / good report (favourable hearing)
• सुश्रुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक; श्रु धातु से ‘श्रुति’)

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

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• उपश्रुतिः: hearing/rumour from near; attentive hearing
• उपश्रुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक; श्रु धातु से ‘श्रुति’)

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

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• हासिष्टाम्: may the two not abandon / may they not fail
• हासिष्टाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु) + सिच् (आशीर्लिङ्-प्रत्यय/विधि; परस्मैपद)

• सौपर्णम्: the Suparṇa-related (eagle/garuḍa-like) [thing]; Suparṇa (as an epithet)
• सौपर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सौपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; सुपर्ण ‘गरुड/पक्षी’ से तद्धित)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजस्रम्: unceasing; continual
• अजस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योतिः: light; radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (requires Anukramaṇī consultation).

Devata: Indriyas; Jyotis (Light) as protective principle; Suparṇa as emblematic power.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (requires verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta