Atharva Veda 18.2.25: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 25

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा त्वा॑ वृ॒क्षः सं बा॑धिष्ट॒ मा दे॒वी पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही। लो॒कं पि॒तृषु॑ वि॒त्त्वैध॑स्व य॒मरा॑जसु

IAST Transliteration

mā́ tvā vr̥kṣáḥ sáṃ bādhiṣṭa mā́ devī́ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ | lokáṃ pitṛ́ṣu vidvā́ édhasva yamarā́jasu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the wood oppress thee; let not the Goddess Earth, the mighty, press upon thee. Knowing, win thee a world among the Fathers; wax thou in the realms of King Yama.

Translation

木よ、汝を圧することなかれ。女神なる大地、偉大なるものよ、汝を押しつぶすことなかれ。知りて、祖霊（Pitṛ）たちのうちに一つの世界を得よ。閻魔王（Yama-rāja）の国土において増し栄えよ。

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षः: tree
• वृक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• बाधिष्ट: may (it) afflict/press; (let it) harm
• बाधिष्ट: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु) बाधने

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; मह्/महत्-सम्बद्ध)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृषु: among the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वित्त्वा: having found/attained; having known
• वित्त्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) ज्ञाने

• एधस्व: grow; prosper; be kindled
• एधस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: एध् (धातु) वृद्धौ/दीप्तौ

• यमराजसु: among the rulers of Yama; in Yama’s dominion
• यमराजसु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराज (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18); verse-level r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth), Yama-rājan, Pitṛs (ancestral collectivity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira