Atharva Veda 2.34.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 2

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र॒मु॒ञ्चन्तो॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ रेतो॑ गा॒तुं ध॑त्त॒ यज॑मानाय देवाः । उ॒पाकृ॑तं शशमा॒नं यदस्था॑त् प्रि॒यं दे॒वाना॒मप्ये॑तु॒ पाथः॑

IAST Transliteration

pramuñcánto bhúvanasya réto gātúṃ dhatta yájamānāya devāḥ | upākṛtáṃ śaśamānáṃ yád ásthāt priyáṃ devā́nām ápy etu pā́thaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Releasing the seed of the world, O Gods, bestow a pathway for the Sacrificer. When the prepared (rite) hath stood fast, and he that laboureth is steadfast therein, may the dear path of the Gods come nigh and be attained.

Translation

En relâchant la semence du monde, ô Dieux, accordez au sacrifiant (yajamāna) un passage. Quand ce qui a été préparé (upākṛta) demeure ferme, et que celui qui s’efforce y reste constant, que le chemin cher aux Dieux s’approche et soit atteint.

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Word by Word

• प्रमुञ्चन्तः: releasing, letting forth
• प्रमुञ्चन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु) → मुच् ‘मोचने’

• भुवनस्य: of the world/creaturely realm
• भुवनस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) < भू ‘to be’

• रेतः: seed, vital fluid
• रेतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गातुम्: a path, passage
• गातुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: गातु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गम्’ धातोः गत्यर्थक-नाम)

• धत्त: place, bestow
• धत्त: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) ‘धारणे’

• यजमानाय: for the sacrificer
• यजमानाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक) < यज् ‘to sacrifice’

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपाकृतम्: prepared, made ready
• उपाकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: उप + आ + कृ (धातु) ‘करणे’ → उपाकृत (कृदन्त)

• शशमानम्: becoming calm, pacifying
• शशमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: शम् (धातु) ‘शमने/शान्तौ’ → शशमान (कृदन्त)

• यत्: which, that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood, came to be/was established
• अस्थात्: Kriyā (उपवाक्य-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) ‘तिष्ठति’

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing (thing/goal)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, indeed
• अपि: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• एतु: may it go/come
• एतु: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) ‘गत्यर्थे’

• पाथः: path, course (way)
• पाथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाथस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.34)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (the Gods collectively); secondarily ‘pāthaḥ/gātu’ as the personified channel of success

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AVŚ; metrical classification may vary by pada division)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta