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Atharva Veda 15.2.15: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 15

Sukta 2

मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ च॒ पव॑मानश्च विपथवा॒हौ वा॒तः सार॑थी रे॒ष्मा प्र॑तो॒दः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.15

mātariśvā́ ca pavámānaś ca vipathavā́hau vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ

Mātariśvan and Pavamāna—those two that bear one through pathless ways—Wind is the charioteer; the reins and the goad are his.

मातरिश्वन और पवमान, यह दोनों रस्ता दिखाते हैं जहाँ कोई रस्ता नहीं होता। हवा गाड़ी चलाता है। बाज़ू उसकी लगाम है, और चमत्कार उसकी चाबुक।

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (a divine being, often identified with wind/fire-messenger)
मातरिश्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper name/deity)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पवमानःPavamāna (‘the purifying one’, epithet/name—often of Soma or the purifying wind)
पवमानः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपवमान (प्रातिपदिक; √पू/√पु ‘to purify, to blow’ से निष्पन्न विशेषण/नाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
विपथवाहौthe two who carry/lead along (or away from) the wrong path; ‘mispath-bearers’ (dual epithet)
विपथवाहौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootविपथ-वाह (प्रातिपदिक; वि-पथ ‘wrong path’ + वाह ‘carrying/leading’)
वातःWind
वातः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
सारथीcharioteer
सारथी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
रेष्माrein, bridle
रेष्मा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतोदःgoad, whip (driver’s prod)
प्रतोदः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतोद (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-√तुद् ‘to prod’ से)

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (within the Vrātya-kāṇḍa complex)

Devata: Mātariśvan; Pavamāna; Vāta (as functional deities of conveyance and propulsion)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-leaning Atharvanic style (not a strict RV metrical pāda sequence)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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