Atharva Veda 9.3.28: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 28

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदी॑च्या दि॒शः शाला॑या॒ नमो॑ महि॒म्ने स्वाहा॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ स्वा॒ह्येऽभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

udī́cyā diśáḥ śā́lāyā námo mahimné svā́hā devébhyaḥ svā́hye’bhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the Hall of the northern Quarter—obeisance to (its) Majesty: svāhā! To the Gods—svāhā! to those meet for svāhā.

Translation

Der Halle der nördlichen Himmelsrichtung: Verehrung seiner Hoheit — svāhā! Den Göttern — svāhā! denen, die des svāhā würdig sind.

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Word by Word

• उदीच्या: northern
• उदीच्या: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीच् (प्रातिपदिक) < उद् + अञ्च् (दिशा-वाचक)

• दिशः: direction (quarter)
• दिशः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• शालायै: to the hall/house (śālā)
• शालायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक) नपुंसक

• महिम्ने: to (the) greatness/majesty
• महिम्ने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक) पुं

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering-call)
• स्वाहा: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) पुं

• स्वाह्येभ्यः: to those (gods) who are to be invoked with ‘svāhā’ / worthy of svāhā
• स्वाह्येभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाह्य (प्रातिपदिक) < स्वाहा + य (तद्धित/विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (series formula)

Devata: Dik (Northern Quarter) and Devas

Chandas: Yajus-style formula (non-metrical)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta