Atharva Veda 15.5.10: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 10

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मा॒ उदी॑च्या दि॒शो अ॑न्तर्दे॒शाद॒ग्रं दे॒वमि॑ष्वा॒सम॑नुष्ठा॒तार॑मकुर्वन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.5.10

IAST Transliteration

tásmai udī́cyā diśó antardeśā́d ágraṃ devám iṣvā́sám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For him, from the mid-region of the northern quarters, they appointed as foremost a divine Archer, to stand attendant as his follower-guard.

Translation

उत्तर दिशा के बीच से एक देवता को भेजा उनके लिए। वो धनुष लेके आया। वो आगे आगे रहता है और उनकी हिफाजत करता है।

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Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him / for that (one)
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदीच्याः: northern
• उदीच्याः: कर्तृ (दिशः-सम्बद्धः विशेषण-भागः)
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: उदीची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उत्तर’)

• दिशः: the directions/quarters
• दिशः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्देशात्: from the inner region / interior
• अन्तर्देशात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्देश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + देश)

• अग्रम्: the foremost part / the front / the first place
• अग्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god / the divine one
• देवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्वासम्: the archer (bowman)
• इष्वासम्: कर्म (देवम् इष्वासम्—समानााधिकरण/विशेषणभावः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्वास (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धनुर्धर/बाणधारी’)

• अनुष्ठातारम्: the performer/executor (of rites)
• अनुष्ठातारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृ-नाम, √स्था/√स्थाऽनु + क्तृ)

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they appointed
• अकुर्वन्: (क्रिया) — कर्तृ: उदीच्याः दिशः
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Vrātya/royal-protective complex of AV 15 (often treated as Atharvanic/Angirasic in character rather than a single named ṛṣi).

Devata: Diśaḥ (Directions) with a divine Iṣvāsa (archer-guardian) as functional deity.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (AV 15 often departs from strict metrical regularity).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta