Atharva Veda 7.79.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 79, Mantra 2

Sukta 79

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒हमे॒वास्म्य॑मावा॒स्या॒३ मामा व॑सन्ति सु॒कृतो॒ मयी॒मे। मयि॑ दे॒वा उ॒भये॑ सा॒ध्याश्चेन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठाः॒ सम॑गच्छन्त॒ सर्वे॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.79.2

IAST Transliteration

ahám evā́smī amāvāsyā́ mā́m ā́ vasanti sukṛ́to mayī́me | máyi devā́ ubháye sā́dhyāś céndrajyeṣṭhā́ḥ sám agacchanta sárve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I, even I, am New-moon: unto me the well-doers come to dwell—these here within me. In me the Gods, both kinds, the Sādhyas, and all the Indra-headed, assemble together.

Translation

Ich, ja ich selbst, bin Amāvāsyā, der Neumond. Zu mir kommen die Wohlwirkenden, um zu wohnen—diese hier in mir. In mir versammeln sich die Götter beider Arten, die Sādhyas, und alle, an Indra als dem Ersten, kommen zusammen—alle insgesamt.

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: कर्तृ (स्वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)

• अमावास्या: new-moon night (Amāvāsyā)
• अमावास्या: प्रधानेन विधेय (predicate-nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: towards, unto (intensifier with verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• वसन्ति: dwell, abide
• वसन्ति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वसँ निवासे)

• सुकृतः: the well-doers / the meritorious (ones)
• सुकृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-कृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इमे: these
• इमे: कर्तृ/उद्देश्य (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभये: both (groups)
• उभये: कर्तृ (समुच्चित)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas (a class of deities)
• साध्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठाः: having Indra as the chief / with Indra as the eldest
• इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (compound, used substantively)
• Root: इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठ (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘इन्द्रः ज्येष्ठः येषाम्’)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम्

• अगच्छन्त: came, assembled
• अगच्छन्त: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गमॢँ गतौ)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ (समष्टि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).

Devata: Amāvāsyā (as speaking deity/time), with Sādhyas and Indra-headed gods as co-present.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires metrical verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta