Atharva Veda 6.17.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथे॒यं पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही दा॒धार॒ पर्व॑तान् गि॒रीन्। ए॒वा ते॑ ध्रियतां॒ गर्भो॒ अनु॒ सूतुं॒ सवि॑तवे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.17.3

IAST Transliteration

yathéyáṃ pṛthivī́ mahī́ dādhārá párvatān girī́n | evā́ te dhriyatā́ṃ gárbho ánu sūtúṃ savítave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As this great Earth hath borne the mountains and the hills, so may thy embryo be held fast, in due course unto the bringing-forth, for Savitar’s quickening.

Translation

Wie diese große Erde die Berge und Hügel getragen hat, so möge dein Embryo fest gehalten werden, bis zur rechten Zeit, bis zur Geburt, zur belebenden Wirkung Savitars.

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, vast
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाधार: has held / bore
• दाधार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरीन्: hills, mountains
• गिरीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: so, just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रियताम्: let (it) be held / be sustained
• ध्रियताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after; in due course
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूतुम्: to give birth
• सूतुम्: Karma
• Type: Kṛdanta (Infinitive)
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) / सूतु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितवे: to bring forth, to deliver
• सवितवे: Karma
• Type: Kṛdanta (Infinitive)
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) / सवितु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission

Devata: Pṛthivī; Savitar; Garbha (ritual focus)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna