Atharva Veda 6.17.4: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 4

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथे॒यं पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही दा॒धार॒ विष्ठि॑तं॒ जग॑त्। ए॒वा ते॑ ध्रियतां॒ गर्भो॒ अनु॒ सूतुं॒ सवि॑तवे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.17.4

IAST Transliteration

yathéyáṃ pṛthivī́ mahī́ dādhārá víṣṭhitaṃ jágat | evā́ te dhriyatā́ṃ gárbho ánu sūtúṃ savítave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

Wie diese große Erde die fest gegründete Welt 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: Adhikaraṇa
• 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: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• विष्ठितम्: set firm, established
• विष्ठितम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) + वि- (उपसर्ग) → ‘विष्ठित’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• जगत्: the world / moving creation
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• गर्भः: embryo, womb-child
• गर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, in accordance with
• अनु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूतुम्: (toward) the bringing-forth, delivery
• सूतुम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Verbal noun / Infinitival accusative
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) → ‘सूतु’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितवे: for Savitṛ (the impeller deity)
• सवितवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission

Devata: Pṛthivī; Savitar; Garbha

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna