Atharva Veda 2.2.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभ्रि॑ये॒ दिद्यु॒न्नक्ष॑त्रिये॒ या वि॒श्वाव॑सुं गन्ध॒र्वं सच॑ध्वे । ताभ्यो॑ वो देवी॒र्नम॒ इत् कृ॑णोमि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.2.4

IAST Transliteration

abhriyé didyút nakṣatríye yā́ viśvā́vasuṃ gandharváṃ sacádhve | tā́bhyo vo devī́r náma ít kṛṇomi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Abhriyā, to the flashing One, to Nakṣatriyā—to you Goddesses who consort with Viśvāvasu the Gandharva—to those, to you, O Goddesses, I verily make obeisance.

Translation

À Abhriyā, à la Fulgu­rante, à Nakṣatriyā — à vous, ô Déesses, qui vous unissez à Viśvāvasu, le Gandharva — à celles-là, à vous, ô Déesses, j’accomplis en vérité l’hommage.

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Word by Word

• अभ्रिये: to/for Abhrī (a goddess/name)
• अभ्रिये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिद्युन्: Didhyun (a name; the shining one)
• दिद्युन्: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिद्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्षत्रिये: in/among the Nakṣatriyas (star-deities)
• नक्षत्रिये: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: who (she)
• या: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वावसुम्: Viśvāvasu (name)
• विश्वावसुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वावसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धर्वम्: the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचध्वे: you (pl.) accompany/consort with
• सचध्वे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु)

• ताभ्यः: from those / of those (f.)
• ताभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you (pl.)
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: O goddesses / the goddesses
• देवीः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: reverence, homage
• नमः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय)

• कृणोमि: I make/do (I offer)
• कृणोमि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for such protective formulae)

Devata: Abhriyā; Didyut; Nakṣatriyā; and the associated Gandharva Viśvāvasu (as the consorted/attended male spirit)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-structure; transmitted as a single verse with a caesura at the danda)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara