Atharva Veda 4.4.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 6

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒द्याग्ने॑ अ॒द्य स॑वितर॒द्य दे॑वि सरस्वति । अ॑द्यास्य ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते॒ धनु॑रि॒वा ता॑नया॒ पसः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.4.6

IAST Transliteration

adyā́gne adyá savitar adyá devi sarasvati | adyā́syá brahmaṇaspate dhánur iva tānaya pā́saḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To-day, O Agni; to-day, O Savitar; to-day, O Goddess Sarasvatī—to-day, O Lord of Prayer, stretch forth for this one the noose, as one would draw a bow.

Translation

आज अग्नि, आज सवितर, आज देवी सरस्वती। आज ब्रह्मा के गुरु, इस आदमी के लिए फैला दो अपना जाल। जैसे धनुष से बाण चलाते हैं, वैसे ही पकड़ लो।

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Word by Word

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• सवितः: O Savitṛ
• सवितः: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वति: O Sarasvatī
• सरस्वति: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• अस्य: of this (one/thing)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणस्पते: O Lord of prayer (Bṛhaspati)
• ब्रह्मणस्पते: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मणस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• धनुः: a bow
• धनुः: Upamāna/Prakāra (simile-base: ‘as a bow’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (Upamā marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• तानय: stretch!, draw (it) taut!
• तानय: Kriyā (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन् (धातु) → तानय (लोट्, मध्यम, एकवचन; वैदिक)

• पसः: nooses, bonds (fetters)
• पसः: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पाश/फन्दा’ अर्थे) अथवा ‘पश्’ इत्यस्य वैदिक रूप (uncertain)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa (typical for coercive charms)

Devata: Agni, Savitar, Sarasvatī, Brahmaṇaspati (invoked as immediate enforcers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira