Atharva Veda 2.36.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 5

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भग॑स्य॒ नाव॒मा रो॑ह पू॒र्णामनु॑पदस्वतीम्। तयो॑पप्रता॑रय॒ यो वरः प्र॑तिका॒म्यः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.36.5

IAST Transliteration

bhágasya nā́vamā́ róha pūrṇā́m ánupadasvatīm | táyopapratā́raya yó váraḥ prátikāmyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mount thou the boat of Bhaga—full-freighted, sure-footed at every step; and with that do thou ferry us clean across unto the boon which is desired and answers to our wish.

Translation

Steig in das Boot des Bhaga—voll beladen, bei jedem Schritt sicher fußend; und mit ihm setze uns heil hinüber zu der Gabe, die begehrt ist und unserem Wunsch entspricht.

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Word by Word

• भगस्य: of Bhaga (the bestower/fortune)
• भगस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• नावम्: boat
• नावम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, onto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• रोह: mount!, ascend!
• रोह: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• पूर्णाम्: full, laden
• पूर्णाम्: कर्म (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण from √पॄ/पॢ ‘to fill’)

• अनुपदस्वतीम्: having step after step / well-footed (steady in movement)
• अनुपदस्वतीम्: कर्म (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुपदस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: अनु-पद-वत्)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग)

• प्रतारय: cause (us/them) to cross over, ferry across
• प्रतारय: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तॄ/तॢ) ‘to cross’ with causative प्र-तारय (णिच्)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• वरः: a boon, choice gift
• वरः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (in apposition with यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिकाम्यः: desired in return / answering one’s wish
• प्रतिकाम्यः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त/विशेषण from प्रति-√कम् ‘to desire’ + य)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not determinable from the isolated verse alone).

Devata: Bhaga (as fortune and allotment), with the ‘boat’ as operative ritual symbol.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check, but the cadence is consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta