Atharva Veda 4.34.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 2

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒न॒स्थाः पू॒ताः पव॑नेन शु॒द्धाः शुच॑यः॒ शुचि॒मपि॑ यन्ति लो॒कम्। नैषां शि॒श्नं प्र द॑हति जा॒तवे॑दाः स्व॒र्गे लो॒के ब॒हु स्त्रैण॑मेषाम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.34.2

IAST Transliteration

anasthā́ḥ pūtā́ḥ pavanéna śuddhā́ḥ śúcayaḥ śúciṃ ápi yanti lokám | náiṣāṃ śíśnaṃ prá dahati jātávedāḥ svargé loké bahú stráiṇam eṣām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Boneless, purified, cleansed by the purifier, the pure go unto the pure world. Jātavedas burneth not their member: in the heavenly world abundant is their women’s portion.

Translation

Sin huesos, purificados, limpiados por el purificador: los puros van al mundo puro. Jātavedas no quema su miembro; en el mundo celeste es abundante su porción de mujeres.

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Word by Word

• अनस्थाः: not standing still; unsettled/unstationary
• अनस्थाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनस्था (प्रातिपदिक; a- + नस्था/स्था-आधारित)

• पूताः: purified
• पूताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) → पूत (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/क्त)

• पवनेन: by the wind
• पवनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुद्धाः: cleansed, made pure
• शुद्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुध्/शुच् (धात्वर्थ) → शुद्ध (कृदन्त/क्त)

• शुचयः: the pure ones
• शुचयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचिम्: pure (one)/pure (state)
• शुचिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• यन्ति: they go
• यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• लोकम्: to the world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• एषाम्: of these/of them
• एषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)

• शिश्नम्: penis (male organ)
• शिश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिश्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward; intensively
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• दहति: burns
• दहति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-नाम)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहु: much, abundant
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective (indeclinable use)
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्त्रैणम्: womanly company/sexual enjoyment with women
• स्त्रैणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantive)
• Root: स्त्रैण (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of them
• एषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Jātavedas (Agni) and the ‘pure world’ (śuci loka) as destination

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (longer pādas; not strict in this transmitted form)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shringara