Atharva Veda 19.18.10: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 10

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृह॒स्पतिं॒ ते वि॒श्वदे॑ववन्तमृच्छन्तु । ये मा॑घा॒यव॑ ऊ॒र्ध्वाया॑ दि॒शोऽभि॒दासा॑त्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.18.10

IAST Transliteration

bŕ̥haspátiṃ te viśvádevavantam r̥cchantu | yé māghāyáva ūrdhvā́yā diśó’bhidā́sāt |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To thee may they resort—Bṛhaspati attended by all the Gods—against those Māghāyus who assail from the upward quarter.

Translation

बृहस्पति और सारी देवियों देवताओं की शरण लो। वो ऊपर से हमला करने वाले दुश्मनों को रोक देंगे।

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Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिम्: Bṛhaspati (as the one to be reached/obtained)
• बृहस्पतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वदेववन्तम्: possessed of all the gods; attended by the Viśvedevas
• विश्वदेववन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वदेव-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)

• ऋच्छन्तु: let (them) reach / may (they) come to
• ऋच्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु; गत्यर्थः ‘to go, reach’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माघायवः: the Maghā-seekers / wealth-seekers
• माघायवः: कर्तृ (ये … माघायवः)
• Type: Noun (agentive) / Adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who seeks/aims at Maghā/wealth’; बहुव्रीहि/उपपद-समासभाव)

• ऊर्ध्वायाः: of the upper (direction)
• ऊर्ध्वायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with ‘दिशः’)
• Root: ऊर्ध्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: of the direction / quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिदासात्: assailed / attacked (was hostile)
• अभिदासात्: क्रिया (relative-clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-दास् (धातु; ‘to harm, assail, be hostile’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (book 19 series)

Devata: Bṛhaspati (with Viśve Devāḥ)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta