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Atharva Veda 15.2.22: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ च॒ पव॑मानश्च विपथवा॒हौ वातः॒ सार॑थी रे॒ष्मा प्र॑तो॒दः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.22

mātáriśvā ca pávamānaś ca vipatha-vāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī reśmā́ pratodáḥ

Mātariśvan and Pavamāna are the two that bear along the wrong road; Wind is the charioteer, the rein, the goad.

मातरिश्वा और पवमाना, यह दोनों भी मन को गलत रास्ते पे ले जाते हैं। हवा है जैसे सारथी जो गाड़ी चलाता है। बाज़ू है, और चाबुक भी है, सब मन को कंट्रोल करते हैं।

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (a divine wind/fire messenger)
मातरिश्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) [= वायु/अग्नि-स्वरूप देवता]
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पवमानःPavamāna (the purifying one; epithet of wind/Soma)
पवमानः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपवमान (प्रातिपदिक; √पू/पु ‘to purify, to blow’ से ‘पवमान’ = ‘purifying/flowing’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
विपथवाहौthe two ‘path-bearers’/guides (dual epithet)
विपथवाहौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootविपथवाह (प्रातिपदिक; वि-पथ-वाह ‘carrying along wrong/various paths’)
वातःWind
वातः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक; √वा ‘to blow’)
सारथीcharioteer, driver
सारथी:
कर्तृ/विशेषण-भावे
TypeNoun
Rootसारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
रेष्माrein, bridle
रेष्मा:
कर्तृ/उपपद-विशेषण
TypeNoun
Rootरेष्मन्/रेष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रेष्मा’ = नामरूप, ‘rein/bridle’)
प्रतोदःgoad, whip
प्रतोदः:
कर्तृ/उपपद-विशेषण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतोद (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-तुद् ‘to prick/urge’ से ‘goad’)

Rishi: As in AV 15.2 catalogue tradition (variable).

Devata: Mātariśvan, Pavamāna, and Vāta (as guiding power).

Chandas: Catalogue-style, semi-metrical.

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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