Mantra 4
Sukta 30
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
येन देवा न वियन्ति नो च विद्विषते मिथः । तत् कृण्मो ब्रह्म वो गृहे संज्ञानं पुरुषेभ्यः
IAST Transliteration
yéna devā́ ná víyanti nó ca vidvíṣate mitháḥ | tát kṛṇmó bráhma vo gṛhé saṃjñā́naṃ púruṣebhyaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
That whereby the Gods go not asunder, nor hate one another—this same do we establish as holy spell within your house: mutual understanding for the folk.
Word by Word
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वियन्तिgo apart / separate
वियन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) — ‘य’ गत्यर्थः, उपसर्गः वि-
नnor
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
विद्विषते(the two) hate
विद्विषते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु) — ‘द्विष’ वैरभावे; उपसर्गः वि-
मिथःmutually / with each other
मिथः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृण्मःwe make
कृण्मः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) — ‘कृ’ करणार्थः
ब्रह्मa sacred formulation / prayer
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
संज्ञानम्concord / common understanding
संज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-√ज्ञा (ज्ञाने) भावनाम
पुरुषेभ्यःfor the people / men
पुरुषेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Saṃjñāna / Saṃmanasya; gods as exemplars
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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