Atharva Veda 5.12.6: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ सुष्वय॑न्ती यज॒ते उ॒पाके॑ उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ सदतां॒ नि योनौ॑ । दि॒व्ये योष॑णे बृह॒ती सु॑रु॒क्मे अधि॒ श्रियं॑ शुक्र॒पिशं॒ दधा॑ने

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.12.6

IAST Transliteration

ā́ suṣváyantī yajáte upā́ke uṣásā náktā sadatāṃ ní yónau | divyé yóṣaṇe bṛhatī́ surúkmé ádhi śríyaṃ śukrápiśaṃ dádhāne

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither, resounding fair, near to the sacrifice—let Dawn and Night sit down within their seat; in the heavenly maidenly abode, great, well-golden, bearing upon them splendour, bright-adorned.

Translation

Herbei, lieblich tönend, nahe dem Opfer — mögen Uṣas und Naktā, Morgenröte und Nacht, sich in ihrem Schoß, in ihrem Sitz, niederlassen. In der himmlischen, jungfräulichen Wohnstatt, groß, goldgeschmückt, tragen sie Glanz an sich, licht geziert.

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Word by Word

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

• सुष्वयन्ती: swelling/brightening (f.)
• सुष्वयन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सु-√श्वि (श्वि/श्वय् ‘to swell, grow bright/strong’)

• यजते: worships, performs sacrifice
• यजते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (देवपूजा/याग)

• उपाके: at/near the lap; in proximity
• उपाके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उषासा: Dawn (and)
• उषासा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्ता: Night (and)
• नक्ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्त्/नक्तम् (प्रातिपदिक) → नक्ता (नक्ताः/नक्ता dual form used for Night)

• सदताम्: let the two sit/settle
• सदताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीद्/सद् ‘to sit, settle’)

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• योनौ: in the womb/seat, in the abode
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिव्ये: in the heavenly/divine
• दिव्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• योषणे: in the (female) company/maidenhood; in the womanly form
• योषणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहती: great, lofty (f.)
• बृहती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुरुक्मे: in/with good gold-ornament; splendidly adorned
• सुरुक्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• श्रियम्: splendour, fortune
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रपिशम्: brightly adorned/with shining decoration
• शुक्रपिशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र-पिश (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• दधाने: bearing, placing upon herself
• दधाने: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √धा (धारणे) + आ (आ-धा)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-liturgical tradition reused in AV.

Devata: Uṣas and Naktā (Dawn and Night), with Śrī as attendant power.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara