Atharva Veda 8.7.10: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 10

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒प॒क्री॒ताः सही॑यसीर्वी॒रुधो॒ या अ॒भिष्टु॑ताः । त्राय॑न्ताम॒स्मिन् ग्रामे॒ गामश्वं॒ पुरु॑षं प॒शुम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.7.10

IAST Transliteration

apakṛītā́ḥ sahī́yasīr vīrúdho yā́ abhíṣṭutāḥ | trā́yantām asmín grā́me gā́m áśvaṃ púruṣaṃ paśúm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bought off and mightier—those Plants which have been duly praised—let them in this village guard the cow, the horse, the man, the beast.

Translation

जब हमने इन पौधों की तारीफ की, वो और ताकतवर हो गए। अब यह इस गाँव में गाय, घोड़े, इंसान और जानवर सबकी रक्षा करेंगे।

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Word by Word

• अपक्रीताः: bought off / bribed away
• अपक्रीताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपक्रीत (क्री- ‘to buy’, उपसर्ग: अप-) [PPP]

• सहीयसीः: stronger (fem. pl.)
• सहीयसीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहीयस् (सह- ‘strong’, comparative stem)

• वीरुधः: plants; healing herbs
• वीरुधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिष्टुताः: praised; invoked
• अभिष्टुताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिष्टुत (स्तु- ‘to praise’, उपसर्ग: अभि-) [PPP]

• त्रायन्ताम्: let them protect
• त्रायन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा- ‘to protect’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रामे: village
• ग्रामे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाम्: cow; cattle
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वम्: horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषम्: man; person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशुम्: beast; livestock
• पशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vīrudhaḥ/Oṣadhayaḥ as protectors; implicitly Rakṣohā function

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira