Atharva Veda 2.12.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 4

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒शी॒तिभि॑स्ति॒सृभिः॑ साम॒गेभि॑रादि॒त्येभि॒र्वसु॑भि॒रङ्गि॑रोभिः । इ॒ष्टा॒पू॒र्तम॑वतु नः पितॄ॒णामामुं द॑दे॒ हर॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.12.4

IAST Transliteration

aśītíbhis tisṛ́bhis sāmágebhir ādityébhir vásubhir áṅgirobhíḥ | iṣṭāpūrtám avatu naḥ pitṝṇā́m āmúṃ dadé hárasā daivyéna

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Eighty, with the Three, with Sāman-singers; with the Ādityas, with the Vasus, with the Aṅgirases—may the merit of sacrifice and of pious gift protect us. Unto the Fathers’ yonder one I assign it, with divine impetuous might.

Translation

Mit den Achtzig, mit den Dreien, mit den Sāman-Sängern; mit den Ādityas, mit den Vasus, mit den Aṅgirases — möge uns das Verdienst von Opfer und frommer Gabe (iṣṭāpūrta) schützen. Jenem dort bei den Vätern weise ich es zu, mit göttlicher, stürmender Kraft.

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Word by Word

• अशीतीभिः: with eighty
• अशीतीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: अशीति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• तिसृभिः: with three
• तिसृभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री-रूप ‘तिसृ’)

• सामगेभिः: with the Sāma-singers
• सामगेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामग (प्रातिपदिक) < सामन् + ग (गै/गाय् ‘to sing’ से)

• आदित्येभिः: with the Ādityas
• आदित्येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरोभिः: with the Aṅgirases
• अङ्गिरोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्टापूर्तम्: the ‘iṣṭa-and-pūrta’ merit (sacrificial and charitable works)
• इष्टापूर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (collective) / Adjective
• Root: इष्टापूर्त (समास-प्रातिपदिक: इष्ट + पूर्त)

• अवतु: may (it/he) protect
• अवतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (रक्षणे)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पितॄणाम्: of the Fathers/ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमुम्: that one (him)
• आमुम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमु (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ददे: has given / gave
• ददे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)

• हरसा: with ardor/force
• हरसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हर्ष/उत्साह/वेग’)

• दैव्येन: with the divine (power/means)
• दैव्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दैव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Pitṛ-oriented hymn; specific ṛṣi attribution depends on the Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.12 and is not supplied in the given input).

Devata: Pitṛs (Ancestors); secondarily iṣṭāpūrta as personified merit, supported by Ādityas/Vasus/Aṅgirases.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against a pada-counting edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna