Atharva Veda 9.5.7: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 7

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒जो अ॒ग्निर॒जमु॒ ज्योति॑राहुर॒जं जीव॑ता ब्र॒ह्मणे॒ देय॑माहुः । अ॒जस्तमां॒स्यप॑ हन्ति दू॒रम॒स्मिंल्लो॒के श्र॒द्दधा॑नेन द॒त्तः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.5.7

IAST Transliteration

ajó agnír ajám u jyótiḥ ā́hur ajáṃ jī́vatā brā́hmaṇe déyam ā́huḥ | ajás tamā́ṃsy ápa hanti dūráṃ asmíṃl lóke śraddádhānena dattáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unborn is Agni—Unborn, forsooth, they call the Light; Unborn, life-bestowing, they declare a gift to be bestowed upon the Brāhmaṇa. The Unborn drives darkness far away, when here in this world it is given by one of faithful mind.

Translation

No nacido es Agni; no nacido, en verdad, llaman a la Luz; no nacido, dador de vida, lo declaran don que debe darse al Brāhmaṇa. El No Nacido ahuyenta lejos la oscuridad, cuando aquí, en este mundo, es entregado por quien tiene mente fiel.

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Word by Word

• अजः: the unborn one / the goat (epithet)
• अजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा √अज् (गतौ/क्षेपे) से निष्पन्न नाम

• अग्निः: Agni, fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजम्: the unborn one / the goat (as object)
• अजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed / also (emphatic particle)
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुः: they have said / they call
• आहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह् (ब्रूवणे) / √आह् (उक्तौ) — परस्मैपद

• अजम्: the unborn one / the goat (as object)
• अजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवता: with the living (one); by/with life
• जीवता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जीव्)

• ब्रह्मणे: to/for Brahman; to the sacred power/priesthood
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देयम्: to be given; a gift (that should be given)
• देयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृत्य-प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘देने’)

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√आह्

• अजः: the unborn one / the goat
• अजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमांसि: darknesses
• तमांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हन्ति: strikes, removes, destroys
• हन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हिंसागत्योः) परस्मैपद

• दूरम्: far away
• दूरम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• श्रद्दधानेन: by/with one who has faith; by the faithful
• श्रद्दधानेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्दधान (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धा with श्रद्धा-)

• दत्तः: given; bestowed
• दत्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (भूतकृदन्त; √दा ‘देने’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (per Anukramaṇī assignment for AVŚ 9.5).

Devata: Agni as Ajá (Unborn), Jyotis (Light).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/irregular triṣṭubh (AV mixed metrical practice).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira