Atharva Veda 15.4.14: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 14

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

है॒म॒नौ मासौ॑ गो॒प्तारा॒वकु॑र्व॒न् भूमिं॑ चा॒ग्निं चा॑नुष्ठा॒तारौ॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.4.14

IAST Transliteration

haimanáu māsáu goptā́rāv akurvan bhū́miṃ cāgníṃ cānuṣṭhātā́rau

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The two Haimanā months they appointed as Guardians, as Executors of Earth and of Agni (Fire).

Translation

हैमन के दो महीने को रखा गया, जो धरती और अग्नि के रखवाले हैं। यह दोनों काम चलाते हैं।

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Word by Word

• हैमना: winter(-seasonal), belonging to the cold season
• हैमना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैमन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हेमन्त’/‘हैम’ से संबद्ध) + -अ

• मासौ: (two) months
• मासौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोप्तारौ: two protectors/guardians
• गोप्तारौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गुप् ‘to protect’ से कर्तृ-नाम)

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they did
• अकुर्वन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• भूमिम्: the earth
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अग्निम्: Agni / fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अनुष्ठातारौ: two performers/observers (who carry out/maintain)
• अनुष्ठातारौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-√स्था ‘to stand by, perform’ से कर्तृ-नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic cosmological/administrative tradition (AV 15).

Devata: Māsāḥ (Months) as personified guardians; Bhūmi and Agni as maintained domains.

Chandas: Prose/ritual formula (yajus-like).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta