Atharva Veda 19.18.3: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 3

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोमं॒ ते रु॒द्रव॑न्तमृछन्तु । ये मा॑घा॒यवो॒ दक्षि॑णाया दि॒शोऽभि॒दासा॑त्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.18.3

IAST Transliteration

sómaṃ te rudrávantaṃ ṛchantu | yé mā́ghāyávo dákṣiṇāyā diśó ’bhídāsāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Soma, Rudra-attended, let them betake them—those gain-seeking plotters—from the southern quarter’s act of hostile assault.

Translation

सोम देवता हैं, उनके साथ रुद्र भी हैं। जो लोग फायदा के लिए दुश्मनी करते हैं, वो लोग सोम की तरफ भाग जाओ। दक्षिण तरफ़ से उनका हमला रुक जाए।

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Word by Word

• सोमम्: Soma (juice/plant), as the object
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• रुद्रवन्तम्: Rudra-possessing / accompanied by Rudra
• रुद्रवन्तम्: विशेषण (कर्मणि विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र-वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; वन्त्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)

• ऋछन्तु: let them reach / let them come to
• ऋछन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु)

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

• माघायवः: the Maghāya-s (a class/people; lit. ‘Maghā-related/beneficent’—contextually a named group)
• माघायवः: कर्तृ (ये ... माघायवः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक; -अयु/-आयु-प्रत्ययान्त, बहुवचन-प्रातिपदिकरूप)

• दक्षिणायाः: of the southern
• दक्षिणायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive with दिशः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अभिदासात्: from the hostile oppressor / from the enemy
• अभिदासात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-दास (प्रातिपदिक; ‘oppressor/hostile servant’, here as ablative)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi uncertain in standard indices)

Devata: Soma (with Rudra as attendant force)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late AV; possibly irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: shanta