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Atharva Veda 18.4.70: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 70

Sukta 4

प्रास्मत् पाशा॑न् वरुण मुञ्च॒ सर्वा॒न् यैः स॑मा॒मे ब॒ध्यते॒ यैर्व्या॒मे। अधा॑ जीवेम श॒रदं॑ श॒तानि॒ त्वया॑ राजन् गुपि॒ता रक्ष॑माणाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 18.4.70

prá asmát pā́śān varuṇa muñca sárvān yáiḥ samā́me badhyáte yáir vyā́me | ádhā jīvéma śarádaṃ śatā́ni tváyā rājan gupitā́ rakṣamāṇā́ḥ

Release from us, O Varuṇa, all nooses wherewith one is bound, whether in half-measure or in full stretch: then may we live a hundred autumns, by thee, O King, guarded and kept in ward.

हे वरुण, हमसे सारी रस्सियाँ हटा दे। जिससे हम बंधे हैं, छोटा बाँधे या पूरा बाँधे, सब खोल दे। फिर हम सौ साल तक जियें। तू राजा है, तू हमे बचा के रखे।

प्रforth, away (prefix)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
अस्मत्from us
अस्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाशान्nooses, bonds
पाशान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative, deity name)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
मुञ्चrelease, loosen
मुञ्च:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यैःby which
यैः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समामेevenly/altogether for me; upon me
समामे:
Adhikaraṇa/प्रयोजन-भाव (क्रियाविशेषण) + Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध
TypeIndeclinable + Pronoun
Rootसम् + आ + मा (धातु: मा ‘मापन/परिमाण’ → here Vedic idiom ‘समाम्’ = ‘सम्यक्/समं’ + enclitic ‘मे’)
बध्यतेis bound
बध्यते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध्
यैःby which
यैः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
व्यामेwidely upon me; on me in various ways
व्यामे:
Adhikaraṇa/प्रयोजन-भाव + सम्बन्ध
TypeIndeclinable + Pronoun
Rootवि + आ + मा (धातु: मा; Vedic idiom as above) + मे (enclitic)
अधthen, thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
जीवेमmay we live
जीवेम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
शरदम्autumns; years
शरदम्:
Karma (काल-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootशरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
शतानिhundreds
शतानि:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun/Number
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गुपिताःprotected
गुपिताः:
Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootगुप् (धातु) → गुपित (कृदन्त)
रक्षमाणाःguarding, being on guard
रक्षमाणाः:
Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeParticiple
Rootरक्ष्

Rishi: RV Varuṇa-hymn tradition (Vasiṣṭha complex) reused in AV ritual

Devata: Varuṇa (as Rājan), protector and releaser

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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