Atharva Veda 2.26.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 4

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं सि॑ञ्चामि॒ गवां॑ क्षी॒रं समाज्ये॑न॒ बलं॒ रसम्। संसि॑क्ता अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा ध्रु॒वा गावो॒ मयि॒ गोप॑तौ

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.26.4

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ siñcā́mi gavā́ṃ kṣīráṃ samā́jyena bálaṃ rásam | saṃsíktā asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ dhrúvā gā́vo máyí gopátau

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I sprinkle together the cows’ milk, and with the ghee their strength, their sap. Well-sprinkled, may our heroes be made steadfast; steadfast the cows in me, the lord of cattle.

Translation

Ich besprenge vereint die Milch der Kühe und, mit dem Ghee, ihre Kraft, ihren Saft. Wohl besprengt sollen unsere Männer standhaft werden; standhaft die Kühe in mir, dem Herrn des Viehs.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• सिञ्चामि: I pour/sprinkle
• सिञ्चामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाज्येन: with ointment/with unguent (with an anointing substance)
• समाज्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: समाज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सम्+√अञ्ज्’ से निष्पन्न ‘anointing/unctuous substance’)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसम्: sap/essence; vital juice
• रसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• संसिक्ताः: sprinkled; moistened; fully anointed
• संसिक्ताः: Kartā (वाक्ये विशेष्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्+√सिच् → संसिक्त (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/क्त)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीराः: men; heroes
• वीराः: Kartā (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रुवाः: firm; steadfast
• ध्रुवाः: Kartā (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā (द्वितीयः समुच्चितः कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me; on me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोपतौ: in (me as) the lord/protector of cattle
• गोपतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘protector/lord of cows’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (household/prosperity seer-line; specific r̥ṣi attribution not secure from the single verse alone)

Devata: Paśu/Go (cattle as prosperity-power); implicitly the patron as gopati and the nutritive ‘rasa’ principle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; 2 pādas with anuṣṭubh cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta