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Atharva Veda 1.35.1: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 1

Sukta 35

दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। यदाब॑ध्नन् दाक्षाय॒णा हिर॑ण्यं श॒तानी॑काय सुमन॒स्यमा॑नाः । तत् ते॑ बध्ना॒म्यायु॑षे॒ वर्च॑से॒ बला॑य दीर्घायु॒त्वाय॑ श॒तशा॑रदाय

yád ā́badhnan dākṣāyaṇā́ híraṇyaṃ śatā́nīkāya sumanasyámānāḥ | tát te badhnā́my ā́yuṣe várcase bálāya dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya ||

What gold the Dākṣāyaṇas, well-minded, bound upon Śatānīka—this same for thee I bind, for life, for splendor, for strength, for long-livedness, for a hundred autumns.

पहले लोगों ने सोने की बाँध बनायी थी। वो लोग अच्छे दिल से यह बनाते थे। अब मैं भी तुम्हारे लिए यह बाँध बना रहा हूँ। तुम लंबी उम्र जियो, ताकत वाले रहो, सौ साल तक जियो।

यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
अबध्नन्they bound / they tied
अबध्नन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√बन्ध् (बध्नाति)
दाक्षायणाःthe Dākṣāyaṇas (a clan/descendants of Dakṣa)
दाक्षायणाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदाक्षायण (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्यम्gold
हिरण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
शतानीकायto Śatānīka (name of a person/king)
शतानीकाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootशतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)
सुमनस्यमानाःbeing well-disposed / favorably minded
सुमनस्यमानाः:
Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु-मनस्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मनस् → मनस्यति ‘to be well-disposed’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बध्नामिI bind / I tie
बध्नामि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√बन्ध् (बध्नाति)
आयुषेfor life / longevity
आयुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्चसेfor splendor / radiance
वर्चसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
बलायfor strength
बलाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
दीर्घायुत्वायfor long-livedness
दीर्घायुत्वाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदीर्घायुत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ-आयुस् + त्व)
शतशारदायfor (a life of) a hundred autumns (i.e., 100 years)
शतशारदाय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशतशारद (प्रातिपदिक; शत + शारद ‘autumnal year’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn).

Devata: Hiraṇya (gold) as empowered substance; implicitly Āyus/Varcas/Bala as desired powers.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant Atharvanic charm-meter; verse is in two pādas/hemistichs with anuṣṭubh cadence).

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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