Atharva Veda 18.2.29 — Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 29

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं वि॑शन्त्वि॒ह पि॒तरः॒ स्वा नः॑ स्यो॒नं कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ प्रति॒रन्त॒ आयुः॑ । तेभ्यः॑ शकेम ह॒विषा॒ नक्ष॑माणा॒ ज्योग् जीव॑न्तः श॒रदः॑ पुरू॒चीः

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ víśantv ihá pitáraḥ svā́ naḥ syonáṃ kṛṇvántaḥ pratiránta ā́yuḥ | tébhyaḥ śakema havíṣā nákṣamāṇā jyóg jī́vantaḥ śarádaḥ purūcī́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the Fathers, our own, enter together here; making for us a kindly resting-place, repelling away our life’s undoing. To them may we have power to reach with oblation, attaining their grace—living long, through many an autumn.

Translation

Mögen hier gemeinsam die Väter, die unsrigen, eintreten; indem sie uns eine gütige, heilsame Ruhestätte bereiten und das Verderben unseres Lebens abwehren. Mögen wir sie mit der Opfergabe (havis) erreichen können, ihre Gunst erlangend—lange lebend, durch viele Herbste hindurch.

Word by Word

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• विशन्तु: may (they) enter
• विशन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ​विश् (viś)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पितरः: the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (pitr̥)

• स्वाः: our own, kindly (as our own)
• स्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (sva)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्योनम्: pleasant, comfortable, kindly
• स्योनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (syona)

• कृण्वन्तः: making, fashioning
• कृण्वन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (kṛ)

• प्रतिरन्त: may (they) delight in / may (they) grant enjoyment
• प्रतिरन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + रम् (ram)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (āyus)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• शकेम: may we be able
• शकेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (śak)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (havis)

• नक्षमाणाः: attaining / being able (to reach)
• नक्षमाणाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नक्ष् (nakṣ) (attain, reach) अथवा नक्ष् (be able) — वैदिक प्रयोग

• ज्योग्: for a long time
• ज्योग्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्योग् (jyog)

• जीवन्तः: living
• जीवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (jīv)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (śarad)

• पुरूचीः: many, abundant
• पुरूचीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरूची (purūcī)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pitṛ-hymn seers in AV 18 (Aṅgiras/Atharvanic tradition; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitaraḥ (the Fathers/ancestors)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant cadence in this verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna