Mantra 9

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वार्षिकावेनं मासौ प्रतीच्या दिशो गोपायतो वैरूपं च वैराजं चानु तिष्ठतो य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

vārṣí̱kāv enaṃ mā́sau pratī́cyā diśó gopāyato vairūpáṃ ca vairājáṃ cā́nu tiṣṭhato yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The two rainy-season months, from the western quarter, guard this man—Vairūpa and Vairāja stand attendant upon him—whoso thus knoweth.

Word by Word

• वार्षिकावेनम्: the ‘Vārṣikāvena’ (name/epithet; annual/seasonal one)
• वार्षिकावेनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वार्षिकावेन (प्रातिपदिक; वार्षिक + आवेन)

• मासौ: the two months
• मासौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतीच्या: western
• प्रतीच्या: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: direction (quarter)
• दिशः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोपायतः: (they two) protect/guard
• गोपायतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: गोपाय (धातु; गोपायति)

• वैरूपम्: the Vairūpa (name/epithet)
• वैरूपम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वैरूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• वैराजम्: the Vairāja (name/epithet)
• वैराजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वैराज (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• तिष्ठतः: (they two) stand; remain; abide
• तिष्ठतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु; तिष्ठति)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As AV 15 speculative/correspondence material (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Directional guardianship of the West via Vairūpa and Vairāja; Kāla-bandhu.

Chandas: Non-metrical/irregular Atharvanic prose-cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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