Atharva Veda 18.3.71: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 71

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ र॑भस्व जातवेद॒स्तेज॑स्व॒द्धरो॑ अस्तु ते । शरी॑रमस्य॒ सं द॒हाथै॑नं धेहि सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒के

IAST Transliteration

ā́ rabhásva jātavedaḥ téjasvat dháro astu te | śarī́ram asya sám dahā́thainaṁ dhehi sukṛ́tām u lóke |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seize him, O Jātavedas; let thine be brilliant bearing-power. Burn wholly the body of this man; and set him, verily, in the world of the well-deserving.

Translation

Ergreife ihn, o Jātavedas; leuchtend sei deine tragende Kraft. Verbrenne den Leib dieses Mannes ganz und gar; und setze ihn wahrlich in die Welt der Wohlverdienenden.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; forth (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• रभस्व: take hold; seize; undertake
• रभस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् (रभँ) / रभस्व (imperative formation)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदः: Sambodhyā (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (prātipadika; epithet of Agni)

• तेजस्वत्: fiery; full of brilliance
• तेजस्वत्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्वत् (prātipadika)

• धरो: a bearer/supporter; holder
• धरो: Kartā (of अस्तु) / predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर (prātipadika)

• अस्तु: let (it) be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (असँ)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (pronominal base)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma (object of दह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (prātipadika)

• अस्य: of this (one); of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (of him/this one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/अस् (pronominal base)

• सम्: completely; together (preverb)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• दह: burn
• दह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (दहँ)

• अथ: then; and then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (particle)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (object of धेहि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (enad-pronoun)

• धेहि: place; set; put
• धेहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धाञ्)

• सुकृताम्: of the well-doers / of the meritorious (women)
• सुकृताम्: Sambandha (genitive with लोके: ‘in the world of…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (prātipadika)

• उ: indeed; surely
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (particle)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Funerary corpus seer tradition (variable)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: raudra