Atharva Veda 10.2.27 - Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 27

Atharva Veda 10.2.27: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 27

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् वा अथ॑र्वणः॒ शिरो॑ देवको॒शः समु॑ब्जितः । तत् प्रा॒णो अ॒भि र॑क्षति॒ शिरो॒ अन्न॒मथो॒ मनः॑

IAST Transliteration

tád vā́ átharvaṇaḥ śíro devakóśaḥ samúbjitaḥ | tát prāṇó abhí rakṣati śíro ánnam átho mánaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That, verily, is Atharvan’s head—a divine casket, firmly compacted. That the Breath guards round about: the head, the food, and also the mind.

Translation

यह अथर्व रिशि का सर है, जो देवताओं का खजाना है। बहुत मजबूत है। प्राण इसके चारों तरफ रक्षा करता है। सर, खाना और दिमाग सब बचाता है।

Word by Word

तत्that (it)

वैindeed, surely

अथर्वणःof Atharvan

शिरःhead

देवकोशःthe divine sheath/treasury (divine container)

समुब्जितःwell-packed/closely joined; firmly set

तत्that

प्राणःbreath; vital force

अभिtowards; over; upon

रक्षतिprotects

शिरःthe head

अन्नम्food

अथोand also; moreover

मनःmind

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan

Devata: Prāṇa (life-breath) and the sacralized Śiras (Head) as locus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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