Atharva Veda 9.3.6 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 6

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यानि॑ ते॒ऽन्तः शि॒क्याऽन्याबे॒धू र॒ण्याऽय॒ कम्। प्र ते॒ तानि॑ चृतामसि शि॒वा मान॑स्य॒ पत्नि॑ न॒ उद्धि॑ता त॒न्वेऽ भव

IAST Transliteration

yā́ni te ’ntáḥ śikyā́ ’nyā́ abédhū raṇyā́ya kám | prá te tā́ni cṛtāmasi śivā́ mā́nasyá pátnī na úd dhitā́ tanvé ’bhava

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What things of thine, within, in sling and other fastenings, have been driven in—belonging to the wild—those, forth for thee, we cut away. Be gracious, O wife of Māna; uplifted, be thou for us, for bodily weal.

Translation

Lo que hay en ti, por dentro — en la honda, en la correa y en otras ataduras — lo que fue hincado, propio de lo salvaje, eso, para ti, lo cortamos y lo apartamos. Sé benigna, oh esposa de Māna; alzada, sé para nosotros bienestar, para el bien del cuerpo.

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: inside, within
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिक्याः: (hanging) bags/pouches (suspended containers)
• शिक्याः: Adhikaraṇa (locative-sense via ‘within the…’ context) / or Kartā (as items named)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिक्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्या: another (one)
• अन्या: Kartā (with following verb) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अबेधुः: did not pierce/break
• अबेधुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु) with privative a-; form from √भिद्/√बिध् in Vedic usage

• रण्याय: for the wild/for the forest (one)
• रण्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रण्य (प्रातिपदिक) / ‘रण्य’ = forest-wild, belonging to the wilderness

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कम्: whom?/what? (some one/thing)
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-सर्वनाम)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: Upasarga/particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चृतामसि: we arrange/prepare (them)
• चृतामसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चृ (धातु; वैदिक ‘to arrange/prepare/put in order’, also seen in charm-contexts) + असि

• शिवा: auspicious, kindly
• शिवा: Kartā (as invoked feminine power) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानस्य: of the mind, mental
• मानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक) / ‘of the mind’

• पत्नी: wife; consort
• पत्नी: Kartā (vocative-sense in address) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्धिता: raised up, lifted
• उद्धिता: Kartā/Qualifier
• Type: Participle (past passive) / Adjective
• Root: उद्-√धा (धातु) → ‘उद्धित’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for the body/self
• तन्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) with preverb अ- (augment)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-consecration corpus; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Śālā (ritual hall/house) and its presiding ‘patnī’ (mistress); secondarily Agni’s domestic sphere

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; domestic Atharvanic verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara