Atharva Veda 2.36.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 5

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भग॑स्य॒ नाव॒मा रो॑ह पू॒र्णामनु॑पदस्वतीम्। तयो॑पप्रता॑रय॒ यो वरः प्र॑तिका॒म्यः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.36.5

IAST Transliteration

bhágasya nā́vamā́ róha pūrṇā́m ánupadasvatīm | táyopapratā́raya yó váraḥ prátikāmyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mount thou the boat of Bhaga—full-freighted, sure-footed at every step; and with that do thou ferry us clean across unto the boon which is desired and answers to our wish.

Translation

Monte dans la barque de Bhaga—pleine, sûre à chaque pas; et par elle fais-nous passer sans dommage jusqu’au don qui est désiré et qui répond à notre souhait.

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Word by Word

• भगस्य: of Bhaga (the bestower/fortune)
• भगस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• नावम्: boat
• नावम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, onto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• रोह: mount!, ascend!
• रोह: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• पूर्णाम्: full, laden
• पूर्णाम्: कर्म (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण from √पॄ/पॢ ‘to fill’)

• अनुपदस्वतीम्: having step after step / well-footed (steady in movement)
• अनुपदस्वतीम्: कर्म (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुपदस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: अनु-पद-वत्)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग)

• प्रतारय: cause (us/them) to cross over, ferry across
• प्रतारय: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तॄ/तॢ) ‘to cross’ with causative प्र-तारय (णिच्)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• वरः: a boon, choice gift
• वरः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (in apposition with यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिकाम्यः: desired in return / answering one’s wish
• प्रतिकाम्यः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त/विशेषण from प्रति-√कम् ‘to desire’ + य)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not determinable from the isolated verse alone).

Devata: Bhaga (as fortune and allotment), with the ‘boat’ as operative ritual symbol.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check, but the cadence is consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta