Atharva Veda 3.30.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 5

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्याय॑स्वन्तश्चि॒त्तिनो॒ मा वि यौ॑ष्ट संरा॒धय॑न्तः॒ सधु॑रा॒श्चर॑न्तः । अ॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्मै॑ व॒ल्गु वद॑न्त॒ एत॑ सध्री॒चीना॑न् वः॒ संम॑नसस्कृणोमि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.30.5

IAST Transliteration

jyā́yasvantaś cittíno mā ví yauṣṭ saṃrā́dhayantaḥ sadhurā́ś cárantaḥ | anyó anyásmai valgú vádanta etá sadhrīcī́nān vaḥ saṃmánasaḥ kṛṇomi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the overbearing, the plotters, go ye asunder—those who, moving in one band, seek to win men over; who, one to another, speak fair-sounding words: thus do I make you concordant, of one mind.

Translation

Nicht sollen die Überheblichen, die Ränke Schmiedenden, auseinandergehen – jene, die in einer Schar umherziehen und Menschen für sich zu gewinnen suchen; die einander wohlklingende, schmeichelnde Worte sagen. So mache ich euch einträchtig, in gleicher Richtung, eines Sinnes.

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Word by Word

• ज्यायस्वन्तः: being superior/stronger
• ज्यायस्वन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस् (प्रातिपदिक; ज्यायस् ‘श्रेष्ठ/अधिक’) + वन्त् (मतुप्)

• चित्तिनः: thoughtful, intelligent
• चित्तिनः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चेतन/विचक्षण’)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• यौष्ट: (you) should join/attach (here: split asunder)
• यौष्ट: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु; ‘योजने/संयोगे’)

• संराधयन्तः: accomplishing, bringing to success
• संराधयन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + राध् (धातु; ‘सिद्धौ/आराधने’)

• सधुराः: yoke-fellows, companions
• सधुराः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सधुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘साथ-साथ धुर वहने वाले/सहयोक्‍ता’)

• चरन्तः: moving, behaving, going about
• चरन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु; ‘गत्यर्थे/आचरणे’)

• अन्यः: one (person)
• अन्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यस्मै: to another
• अन्यस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• वल्गु: pleasantly, sweetly
• वल्गु: —
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: वल्गु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सुन्दर/मधुर’)

• वदन्त: speaking
• वदन्त: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु; ‘भाषणे’)

• एत: these
• एत: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम; वैदिक रूप ‘एत’)

• सध्रीचीनान्: mutually facing, concordant
• सध्रीचीनान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सध्रीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘एकदिश/एकमुख’)

• वः: you (plural)
• वः: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• संमनसः: of one mind, harmonious
• संमनसः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मन’) → संमनस् (‘एकमनस्/एकचित्त’)

• कृणोमि: I make
• कृणोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; ‘करणे’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (concord hymn; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Saṃmanas (Concord/Unanimity) as functional ‘deity’; implicitly the social body under Atharvanic control

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV social/apotropaic verses; metrical exactness may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira