Atharva Veda 7.32.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 1

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दीर्घायुः। उप॑ प्रि॒यं पनि॑प्नतं युवा॑नमाहुती॒वृध॑म्। अग॑न्म॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ नमो॑ दी॒र्घमायुः॑ कृणोतु मे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.32.1

IAST Transliteration

úpa priyáṃ panipnatáṃ yúvānam āhutīvŕ̥dham | ágannma bíbhrato námo dīrghám ā́yuḥ kr̥ṇotu mé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto the dear, the most to-be-admired, the youthful one, increased by oblation, have we drawn near, bearing reverence: let him make for me long life.

Translation

हम उस प्यारे और जवान भगवान के पास गए, जो हवन से बड़ा हो। उससे प्रणाम करके कहते हैं, मुझे लंबी उम्र दे।

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Word by Word

• दीर्घायुः: long life (as the subject/benediction)
• दीर्घायुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायु (प्रातिपदिक: दीर्घ + आयुस्)

• उप: towards; near; up (preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• प्रियं: dear; beloved (object)
• प्रियं: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पनि-प्नतं: bowed down; reverently inclined
• पनि-प्नतं: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √प्ना/√प्नत् (धातु; here as kṛdanta) / प्नत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• युवानम्: the young one; youth
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुतिः: offering; oblation
• आहुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृधम्: grown; increasing; strengthening
• वृधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृध (प्रातिपदिक; from √वृध् ‘to grow’)

• अगन्म: we went; we approached
• अगन्म: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्

• बिभ्रतः: of (him) bearing; carrying
• बिभ्रतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle
• Root: √भृ

• नमः: obeisance; salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीर्घम्: long (as object/extent)
• दीर्घम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life; lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोतु: let (him/it) make; may it grant
• कृणोतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ

• मे: for me; to me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (edition-dependent Anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Agni (implied by āhuti-vṛdh and approach to the oblation-fed power), or a generalized life-bestower.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (common in āyuṣya formulae; edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta