Mantra 31
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अविर्वै नाम देवतर्तेनास्ते परीवृता । तस्या रूपेणेमे वृक्षा हरिता हरितस्रजः
IAST Transliteration
avíḥ váí nā́ma devátā ṛténa ā́ste párīvṛtā | tásyā rūpéṇéme vṛ́kṣā hárītā háritasrajaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘Avī’ by name is a Deity: with Ṛta she sitteth, encompassed round. In her very form are these trees—green, green-garlanded.
Word by Word
अविःthe ewe; sheep (as subject)
अविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअवि- (प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed; surely
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
नामby name; namely
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (निपात/अव्यय)
देवतर्तेनwith/through Devatarta (name of a being/person)
देवतर्तेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदेवतर्त- (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तर्त)
आस्तेsits; remains
आस्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (आसँ उपवेशने)
परीवृताsurrounded; enclosed
परीवृता:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि-√वृत् (वृतँ वरणे) → परीवृत (कृदन्त)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रूपेणby/with (her) form; in (her) appearance
रूपेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरूप- (प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese
इमे:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृक्षाःtrees
वृक्षाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)
हरिताःgreen; tawny
हरिताः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootहरित- (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितस्रजःwearing green garlands; with green wreaths
हरितस्रजः:
—
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरितस्रज्- (प्रातिपदिक; हरित + स्रज् ‘माला’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Avī (named devatā) / Ṛta-associated protective power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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