Atharva Veda 7.61.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 61, Mantra 1

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तपः। यद॑ग्ने॒ तप॑सा॒ तप॑ उपत॒प्याम॑हे॒ तपः॑ । प्रि॒याः श्रु॒तस्य॑ भूया॒स्मायु॑ष्मन्तः सुमे॒धसः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.61.1

IAST Transliteration

tápaḥ | yád agne tápasā tápa upataṕyāmahe tápaḥ | priyā́ḥ śrutásya bhūyā́sma āyuṣmántaḥ sumédhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Tapas. When, O Agni, with tapas we kindle tapas—yea, we heat it up as tapas—may we be dear to sacred fame, long-lived, and of good understanding.

Translation

अग्नि, जब हम तप से तप को जलाते हैं, जब गरम करते हैं, तब हम लोगों को प्यारे लगें। हमारी उम्र लंबी हो और हम समझदार बनें।

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Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, heat, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by/with austerity (heat)
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपः: austerity, heat
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपतप्यामहे: we practice/undertake (austerity); we heat ourselves (in devotion)
• उपतप्यामहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-तप् (धातु; तप् = संतापे)

• तपः: austerity, heat
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियाः: dear, beloved
• प्रियाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुतस्य: of what is heard; of sacred learning
• श्रुतस्य: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु + क्त)

• भूयास्म: may we become
• भूयास्म: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; भवति)

• आयुष्मन्तः: long-lived, possessing vitality
• आयुष्मन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमेधसः: of good intelligence, wise
• सुमेधसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Agni (as tapas-bearer)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; Atharvanic homa-formulas commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta