Atharva Veda 7.53.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 2

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं क्रा॑मतं॒ मा ज॑हीतं॒ शरी॑रं प्राणापा॒नौ ते॑ स॒युजा॑वि॒ह स्ता॑म्। श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानो॒ऽग्निष्टे॑ गो॒पा अ॑धि॒पा वसि॑ष्ठः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.53.2

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ krāmatam mā́ jahītam śárīraṃ prāṇāpānāú te sayújāv ihá stā́m | śatáṃ jīva śarádo várdhamāno ’gnís te gopā́ adhipā́ vásiṣṭhaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Step ye together; forsake not the body: let thy in-breath and out-breath, yoked in one, abide here. Live thou a hundred autumns, waxing ever; Agni shall be thy guardian and thy lord, most excellent Vasiṣṭha.

Translation

Avancez ensemble; n’abandonnez pas le corps. Que ton prāṇa et ton apāna, attelés d’un même joug, demeurent ici. Vis cent automnes, croissant sans cesse; qu’Agni soit ton gardien et ton seigneur, ô Vasiṣṭha, le très excellent.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• क्रामतम्: (you two) step forth / advance
• क्रामतम्: Kartā (युष्मद्-आश्रितः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम्

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• जहीतम्: (you two) abandon / leave
• जहीतम्: Kartā (युष्मद्-आश्रितः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath (prāṇa and apāna)
• प्राणापानौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• सयुजा: yoked together, united
• सयुजा: Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सयुज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• स्ताम्: let (them two) be / remain
• स्ताम्: Kartā (प्राणापानौ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (अवधि-परिमाण)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीव: live
• जीव: Kartā (त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma (काल-अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धमानः: growing, increasing
• वर्धमानः: Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (present) / Adjective
• Root: वर्ध्

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

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• गोपाः: protector, guardian
• गोपाः: Kartā-समनाधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधिपाः: overlord, lord
• अधिपाः: Kartā-समनाधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha (as a name/epithet)
• वसिष्ठः: Kartā-समनाधिकरण
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha is named; r̥ṣi attribution may align accordingly (requires index confirmation)

Devata: Prāṇa/Apāna with Agni as protector

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires metrical confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira