Atharva Veda 6.121.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 121, Mantra 3

Sukta 121

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद॑गातां॒ भग॑वती वि॒चृतौ॒ नाम॒ तार॑के । प्रेहामृत॑स्य यच्छतां॒ प्रैतु॑ बद्धक॒मोच॑नम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.121.3

IAST Transliteration

úd agātāṃ bhágavatī vicṛ́tau nā́ma tāraké | préhā́mṛtasya yacchatāṃ práitu baddhaká-mócanam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up let the blessed two go forth—Vichṛtā by name, O Starry Guides. Here grant ye of immortality: let the release of the bound depart forth.

Translation

Empor sollen die beiden Segensreichen hinausgehen – Vichṛtā mit Namen, o sternhafte Führer. Hier gewährt Anteil an Unsterblichkeit; fort ziehe die Lösung dessen, der gebunden ist.

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Word by Word

• उदगाताम्: (let) the two rise/go up
• उदगाताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√गा (गम्/गा) धातु

• भगवती: the blessed/luck-bringing (female power)
• भगवती: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा भगा-वत्

• विचृतौ: the two that move about/wander
• विचृतौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta)
• Root: वि-√चृ (चर्/चृ) धातु; ‘विचृत’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name / named
• नाम: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तारके: the two ‘Tārakā’ (star-like ones)
• तारके: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छताम्: let them bestow/grant
• यच्छताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति) धातु

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• एतु: let it go/come forth
• एतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति) धातु

• बद्धकमोचनम्: the release of what is bound; unbinding
• बद्धकमोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बद्ध (√बन्ध् क्त) + मोचन (√मुच् ल्युट्) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies).

Devata: Vicṛtā (dual) and Tārakā (star/guiding power); amṛta as the boon.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas per line; metrical regularity varies by recension).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta