Atharva Veda 3.17.8: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 8

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सीते॒ वन्दा॑महे त्वा॒र्वाची॑ सुभगे भव । यथा॑ नः सु॒मना॒ असो॒ यथा॑ नः सुफ॒ला भुवः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.17.8

IAST Transliteration

sī́te vandāmahe tvā́rvā́cī subhage bhava | yáthā naḥ su-mánā́ ásō yáthā naḥ su-phalā́ bhúvaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Sītā, we reverence thee: turn hitherward; be thou of happy portion. So mayest thou be kindly-minded toward us; so mayest thou become for us of goodly fruit.

Translation

O Sītā, wir verehren dich: wende dich herwärts, glückbegabt sei. So sei uns wohlgesinnt; so werde uns fruchtbar, von guter Frucht.

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Word by Word

• सीते: O Sītā (Furrow/field-goddess)
• सीते: सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka set)
• Type: Noun (addressed deity/earth as furrow)
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक) < √सि/√शि (शीतल-भूमि/सीत-भूमि; परम्परागत नाम)

• वन्दामहे: we worship / we salute
• वन्दामहे: क्रिया (we perform)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्द् (वन्दना/स्तुति)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम)

• अर्वाची: turned toward us / facing this way
• अर्वाची: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्’ = इदानीं/अधो/अस्मद्-दिशि)

• सुभगे: O fortunate one
• सुभगे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (used in address)
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: be / become
• भव: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (clausal linker: ‘so that/as’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

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

• सुमनाः: kind-minded / gracious
• सुमनाः: कर्तृ (predicate adjective to implied subject ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु+मनस्)

• असः: may you be
• असः: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: सम्बन्ध/उपपद (clausal linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

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

• सुफला: rich in fruit / yielding well
• सुफला: कर्तृ (predicate adjective to implied subject ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुफल (प्रातिपदिक; सु+फल)

• भुवः: may you be / become
• भुवः: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Sītā (Furrow)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta