Atharva Veda 4.33.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 2

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सु॒क्षे॒त्रि॒या सु॑गातु॒या व॑सू॒या च॑ यजामहे । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.33.2

IAST Transliteration

su-kṣétriyā su-gātúyā vasū́yā ca yajāmahe | ápá naḥ śóśucat ághám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With good fields, with good ways of going, and with wealth we do sacrifice: away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Translation

Dengan ladang yang baik, dengan jalan-perjalanan yang baik untuk dilalui, dan dengan kekayaan kami mempersembahkan yajña; jauhkanlah dari kami—biarlah kejahatan itu hangus terbakar.

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Word by Word

• सुक्षेत्रिया: (O goddess) of good fields / well-protecting the field
• सुक्षेत्रिया: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-क्षेत्रि (प्रातिपदिक; सु + क्षेत्रि) अथवा सु-क्षेत्रिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुगातुया: (O goddess) of good paths / good guidance
• सुगातुया: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-गातु (प्रातिपदिक; सु + गातु ‘मार्ग/गमन’) अथवा सुगातु (विशेषण)

• वसूया: (O goddess) rich in wealth / bestowing wealth
• वसूया: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वसु’/‘वसू’ = धन/सम्पत्ति) अथवा वसूय (विशेषण)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यजामहे: we worship / we sacrifice
• यजामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शोशुचत्: let it burn away / let it consume
• शोशुचत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु) + सन् (इच्छार्थक/आवृत्त्यर्थक) → शोशुच्

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Agni (implicit), with prosperity-aspects foregrounded

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be verified)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta