Atharva Veda 7.75.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 75, Mantra 2

Sukta 75

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प॒द॒ज्ञा स्थ॒ रम॑तयः॒ संहि॑ता वि॒श्वना॑म्नीः । उप॑ मा देवीर्दे॒वेभि॒रेत॑ । इ॒मं गो॒ष्ठमि॒दं सदो॑ घृ॒तेना॒स्मान्त्समु॑क्षत

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.75.2

IAST Transliteration

pad-jñā́ḥ stha rámatayaḥ sáṁhitā viśvá-nāmnīḥ | úpa mā devī́r devébhir éta | imáṁ goṣṭhám idáṁ sádo ghṛténa asmā́n sám-ukṣata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye track-knowing, gracious ones, united, bearing every name—hither to me come, O Goddesses, with the Gods. This cattle-stall, this seat of ours, with ghee do ye bedew; and us, with full sprinkling, strengthen.

Translation

तुम्हे रास्ता पता है, तुम अच्छी हो, सब मिलकर रहती हो, हर तरह के नाम से बुलाई जाती हो। देवियाँ, भगवान के साथ यहाँ आओ। इस गौशाला को, इस बैठक को, घी से गीला करो। और हमें भी पूरा गीला करके मज़बूत करो।

The meaning

What it says

Invokes ‘track-knowing’ gracious goddesses, united and bearing every name, to come with the gods. They are asked to bedew the cattle-stall and the household seat with ghee and to sprinkle/strengthen the household.

The inner meaning

Summons protective, multi-named capacities of the psyche—intuition, vigilance, cohesion—to guide one safely along paths (pad-jñā). The anointing with ghee symbolizes lubricating life with warmth and abundance, strengthening the ‘home-base’ where one returns to rest and regroup.

The truth in it

Prosperity depends on safe pathways and a well-consecrated home base: when routes are known and community powers are unified, nourishment can accumulate and protection becomes stable.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Paustika (Prosperity) / Raksha (Protection)

Its aim

Consecration and fortification of the cattle-pen and household-seat; ensuring safe routes and cohesive divine protection

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Pada patha

पद-ज्ञाः । स्थ । रमतयः । सं-हिताः । विश्व-नाम्नीः । उप । मा । देवीः । देवेभिः । एत । इमम् । गोष्ठम् । इदम् । सदः । घृतेन । अस्मान् । सम्-उक्षत

पदज्ञाः

path-knowing (women), skilled in the wayknowing the tracks/footprints; skilled in paths (protective guides, esp. of cattle-routes)Adjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot पदज्ञा- (प्रातिपदिक; पद + ज्ञा ‘जानना’)

स्थ

be (you all)!be ye; imperative ‘stand/abide’ (stabilizing presence)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचनRole कर्तृ (आदेश क्रिया)Root अस् (धातु)

रमतयः

delighting ones; playful/joyful womendelighting ones; gracious, beneficent powersNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot रमति- (प्रातिपदिक; √रम् ‘रमना/क्रीडा’)

संहिताः

united, joined togetherunited, compact; acting in concert (collective protection)Adjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot संहिता- (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √धा/√हि ‘संयोजन’ से ‘संहिता’)

विश्वनाम्नीः

bearing all names; of universal namebearing all names; all-named/all-pervading (comprehensive divine agencies)Adjective/Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot विश्वनाम्नी- (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + नामन् ‘नाम’)

उप

near, towardshither, near; approach for aidIndeclinableअव्ययRoot उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

मा

usme/us; the sacrificer’s partyPronounद्वितीया, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक रूप)Role कर्मRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

देवीः

the goddessesgoddesses; here likely protective female powers (often linked with Waters/paths)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot देवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

देवेभिः

with the godswith the gods; accompanied by the wider divine hostNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/साधन (सहकारक/करणभाव)Root देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

एत

come! (you all)come; imperative of approachVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचनRole कर्तृ (आदेश क्रिया)Root इ (धातु)

इमम्

thisthis; deictic to the present enclosure/seatPronounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot इदम् (सर्वनाम)

गोष्टम्

cowshed; cattle-stallNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot गोष्ट- (प्रातिपदिक)

इदम्

thisthis; emphasizing the immediate ritual locusPronounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot इदम् (सर्वनाम)

सदः

seat; hall; dwelling-placeseat/abode/assembly-place; the settled station (home-stead/pen)Nounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot सदस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

घृतेन

with gheewith ghee; auspicious unction, prosperity-substance, appeasing and strengtheningNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचनRole करणRoot घृत- (प्रातिपदिक)

अस्मान्

usus; the household/communityPronounद्वितीया, बहुवचनRole कर्मRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

समुक्षत

sprinkle (you all) thoroughlyVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचनRole कर्तृ (आदेश क्रिया)Root सम् + √उक्ष् (धातु; ‘सिञ्चति/वर्षति, छिड़कना’)

Sandhi Notes

• पदज्ञा स्थ → पदज्ञाः स्थ (विसर्ग-संधि)
• रम॑तयः संहि॑ता → रमतयः संहिताः (पादान्तः ‘-अः’ + ‘स-’)
• विश्वना॑म्नीः (पाठरूप) = विश्वनाम्नीः
• देवीर्दे॒वेभि॒र् → देवीः देवेभिः (रेफ/विसर्ग-संधि)
• एत॑ = एत (लोट् 2बहु)
• गो॒ष्ठमि॒दं → गोष्टम् इदम् (व्यञ्जन-संधि/अनुस्वार-लोप)
• घृ॒तेना॒स्मान्त्समु॑क्षत → घृतेन अस्मान् समुक्षत (स्वर-संधि; ‘अस्मान्’ के बाद ‘त्’ पादपाठ-प्रभाव/संहितापाठ में संयोग)

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

Atharvanic tradition

Devata

Devīḥ (protective goddesses) with the Devas collectively

Rasa

Adbhuta and Shanta

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