Atharva Veda 15.2.12: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 12

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य॒ज्ञा॒य॒ज्ञिय॑स्य च॒ वै स वा॑मदे॒व्यस्य॑ च य॒ज्ञस्य॑ च॒ यज॑मानस्य च पशू॒नां च॑ प्रि॒यं धाम॑ भवति॒ तस्य॒ दक्षि॑णायां दि॒शि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.12

IAST Transliteration

yajñāyajñíyasya ca váí sá vāmadevyásya ca yajñásya ca yájāmānasya ca paśūnā́ṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati tásya dákṣiṇāyāṃ díśi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Verily he becometh the dear abode of sacrifice-worthiness, and of Vāmadeva’s auspicious power, of Sacrifice, of the Sacrificer, and of the Cattle—his station is in the southern quarter.

Translation

जो उसका साथ देता है, वो सबका प्यारा बन जाता है। यज्ञ उसको पसंद करता है, वामदेव की शक्ति भी, यज्ञ करने वाले भी, जानवर भी। उसकी जगह दक्षिण दिशा में है।

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Word by Word

• यज्ञायज्ञियस्य: of the sacrificially-worthy (one/thing)
• यज्ञायज्ञियस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: यज्ञायज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यज्ञिय) अथवा यज्ञायज्ञिय (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वामदेव्यस्य: of (the) Vāmadeva(-hymn/chant/rite)
• वामदेव्यस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper/ritual name)
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer (patron)
• यजमानस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; यज्-धातोः वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पशूनाम्: of the cattle/animals
• पशूनाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing
• प्रियम्: कर्म (as predicate complement) / विधेय
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; seat; station
• धाम: कर्म (as predicate complement) / विधेय
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणायाम्: in the southern (side)
• दक्षिणायाम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (directional; used substantively)
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशि: in the direction
• दिशि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/Angirasic-Atharvanic attribution complex (variable)

Devata: Dik (South) as ritual locus; Vrātya as bearer of dhāman

Chandas: Atharvanic prose-cadence / mixed

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta