Atharva Veda 7.20.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 1

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुमतिः। अन्व॒द्य नोऽनु॑मतिर्य॒ज्ञं दे॒वेषु॑ मन्यताम्। अ॒ग्निश्च॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नो॒ भव॑तां दा॒शुषे॒ मम॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.20.1

IAST Transliteration

ánv adyá no ’numatír yajñáṁ devéṣu manyatām | agníś ca havyavā́hano bhávatāṁ dāśúṣe máma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In assent, to-day, may Anumati approve our sacrifice among the gods; and may Agni, the oblation-bearer, be present for my worshipper who bestoweth.

Translation

Anumati möge heute unser Opfer unter den Göttern billigen; und Agni, der Opferträger, sei zugegen für meinen spendenden Verehrer.

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Word by Word

• अन्वद्य: from today onward; day by day
• अन्वद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु + अद्य

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अनुमतिः: Anumati (goddess of consent/approval)
• अनुमतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति (प्रातिपदिक) < अनु + √मन् (to think/approve)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice; rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज्

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यताम्: may she approve/think (it good)
• मन्यताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते)

• अग्निः: Agni
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हव्यवाहनः: the oblation-carrier
• हव्यवाहनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हव्य-वाहन (समास) = हव्य + वाहन < √वह्

• भवताम्: may (the two) be
• भवताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• दाशुषे: to the giver; to the worshipper
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (agent, archaic)
• Root: दाशुष् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार) < √दाश्/√दा (to give) ‘दाता/यजमान’

• मम: to/for me; my
• मम: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Anumati; Agni

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; short bipartite structure)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta