Atharva Veda 7.6.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 4

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वाज॑स्य॒ नु प्र॑स॒वे मा॒तरं॑ म॒हीमदि॑तिं॒ नाम॒ वच॑सा करामहे । यस्या॑ उ॒पस्थ॑ उ॒र्व॑१न्तरि॑क्षं॒ सा नः॒ शर्म॑ त्रि॒वरू॑थं॒ नि य॑च्छात्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.6.4

IAST Transliteration

vā́jasya nu prasavé mātáraṃ mahī́m áditiṃ nā́ma vácasā karāmahe | yásyā upásthe urvì antárikṣaṃ sā́ naḥ śárma tri-varū́thaṃ ní yacchāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, at the setting-forth of strength, the great Mother Aditi—by name—by speech we establish. She in whose lap the wide mid-air is set, may she for us firmly bestow a threefold-guarded shelter.

Translation

Nun, beim Antrieb der Kraft, richten wir die große Mutter Aditi — dem Namen nach — durch das Wort auf. Sie, in deren Schoß der weite Zwischenraum gegründet ist, möge uns fest eine dreifach geschützte Zuflucht gewähren.

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Word by Word

• वाजस्य: of strength/prize (vāja)
• वाजस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• नु: now/indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• प्रसवे: at the impulse/setting-in-motion
• प्रसवे: अधिकारण (locus/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• महीम्: great
• महीम्: कर्म (object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदितिम्: Aditi
• अदितिम्: कर्म (object; apposition to मातरम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name / as (named)
• नाम: कर्म/विशेषणभाव (naming/apposition marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: with speech/utterance
• वचसा: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• करामहे: we make/do (we invoke/perform)
• करामहे: क्रिया (we do/make)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap/bosom
• उपस्थे: अधिकारण (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• उर्वी: broad, wide
• उर्वी: कर्तृ/विशेषण (subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षम्: midspace/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she
• सा: कर्तृ (subject: ‘she’ = Aditi)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us/our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्म: shelter, comfort
• शर्म: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिवरूथम्: threefold-protecting / with triple rampart
• त्रिवरूथम्: कर्म (object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-वरूथ (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, into; (as prefix) firmly
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यच्छात्: may (she) grant/bestow
• यच्छात्: क्रिया (may she grant/hold out)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aditi-focused; anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Aditi (as Mother; cosmic container)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta