Atharva Veda 19.55.4: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 55, Mantra 4

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रा॒तःप्रा॑तर्गृ॒हप॑तिर्नो अ॒ग्निः सा॒यंसा॑यं सौमन॒सस्य॑ दा॒ता। वसो॑र्वसोर्वसु॒दान॑ ए॒धीन्धा॑नास्त्वा श॒तंहि॑मा ऋधेम

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.55.4

IAST Transliteration

prātáḥ-prātar gṛhápatir no agníḥ sāyáṃ-sāyaṃ saumanásasya dātā́ | vásor-vásor vasudā́na édhy índhānās tvā śatáṃ hí imā́ ṛdhéma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Morning by morning may Agni be our Lord of the house; evening by evening the Giver of good accord. O giver of wealth upon wealth, increase: kindling thee, indeed may we win these gains an hundredfold.

Translation

सुबह-सुबह अग्नि हमारे घर के मालिक बने। शाम को भी वो हमें अच्छा मन दे। वो धन देने वाले हैं, उनकी बरकत बढ़ती रहे। हम उन्हे जलाके सौ गुना फायदा पाएँ।

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Word by Word

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)

• प्रातः: in the morning (again/each morning)
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)

• गृहपतिः: the house-lord; master of the house
• गृहपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अग्निः: Agni; the fire (deity)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• सायम्: in the evening (again/each evening)
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• सौमनसस्य: of good will / of gladness
• सौमनसस्य: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √दा ‘to give’)

• वसोः: of wealth / of goods
• वसोः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसोः: of wealth (again/abundantly)
• वसोः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुदानः: wealth-giving
• वसुदानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुदान (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/karma-dhāraya ‘wealth-giving’)

• एधि: prosper! / grow strong!
• एधि: (addressed to Agni) Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इध् (एध्) ‘to prosper, to grow, to kindle’

• इन्धानाः: kindling (you) / as we kindle
• इन्धानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’ (present middle participle) इन्धान

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिमा: winters; cold seasons
• हिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋधेम: may we prosper / may we thrive
• ऋधेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋध् ‘to prosper, thrive’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (Book 19 compilation)

Devata: Agni Gṛhapati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira