Atharva Veda 7.89.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 89, Mantra 4

Sukta 89

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एधो॑ऽस्येधिषी॒य स॒मिद॑सि॒ समे॑धिषीय । तेजो॑ऽसि॒ तेजो॒ मयि॑ धेहि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.89.4

IAST Transliteration

édho ’sy edhiṣīyá sámiḍ asi samedhiṣīyá | téjo ’si téjo máyī dhehi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art fuel: may I be kindled. Thou art kindling: may I be well-kindled. Thou art splendour: in me do thou deposit splendour.

Translation

Du bist Brennstoff: möge ich entflammt werden. Du bist Anzündholz: möge ich wohl angezündet sein. Du bist Glanz: lege in mich Glanz hinein.

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Word by Word

• एधः: fuel, kindling (as the subject)
• एधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एधस् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा इध् (धातु) से निष्पन्न नाम

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

• एधिषीय: may I kindle / may I prosper
• एधिषीय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध् (धातु) ‘to kindle, to prosper’

• समित्: kindling-stick, fuel-stick
• समित्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + इध् (धातु) → समित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

• समेधिषीय: may I be well-kindled / may I prosper fully
• समेधिषीय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + इध् (धातु) ‘to kindle fully / to prosper well’

• तेजः: splendour, radiance
• तेजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘splendour’

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

• तेजः: radiance (as the thing to be placed)
• तेजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place (it), put (it)
• धेहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) ‘to place, put’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Samidh/Edhas/Tejas (functional deities; Agni implicit)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify by syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta