Atharva Veda 3.21.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒क्षान्ना॑य व॒शान्ना॑य॒ सोम॑पृष्ठाय वे॒धसे॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रज्ये॑ष्ठेभ्य॒स्तेभ्यो॑ अ॒ग्निभ्यो॑ हु॒तम॑स्त्वे॒तत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.21.6

IAST Transliteration

ukṣā́nnāya vaśā́nnāya sómapṛṣṭhāya vedháse | vaiśvānarájyeṣṭhebhyás tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To him whose food is the bull, to him whose food is the vaśā, to Soma-backed Ordainer:—to those Fires whose chief is Vaiśvānara, to those Agnis, be this oblation offered, yea, let it be so.

Translation

Dem, dessen Speise der Stier ist; dem, dessen Speise die vaśā ist; dem soma-rückigen Ordner (Vedhas): — jenen Feuern, deren Ältester Vaiśvānara ist, jenen Agnis sei diese Opfergabe dargebracht; so sei es.

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Word by Word

• उक्षान्नाय: to the bull-fed / bull-nourished (one)
• उक्षान्नाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: उक्षन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशान्नाय: to the cow-fed / cow-nourished (one)
• वशान्नाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमपृष्ठाय: to (him) whose back is (supported by/covered with) Soma; Soma-backed
• सोमपृष्ठाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (tatpuruṣa compound epithet)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेधसे: to the wise one / ordainer
• वेधसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विध्/व्यध्’ से व्युत्पन्न)

• वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यः: to those foremost (fires) of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective used substantively (compound)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निभ्यः: to the fires
• अग्निभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतम्: offered; oblation (that which is offered)
• हुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत (कृदन्त; क्त)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (विधेय क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म/विषय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for śānti hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Agni (plural forms), especially Vaiśvānara; implicitly the kravyād aspect to be appeased

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; exact metrical scan may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta