Atharva Veda 18.2.45: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 45

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अमा॑सि॒ मात्रां॒ स्वऽरगा॒मायु॑ष्मान् भूयासम्। यथाप॑रं॒ न मासा॑तै श॒ते श॒रत्सु॒ नो पु॒रा

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.2.45

IAST Transliteration

amā́si mā́trāṃ svàr-agā́m ā́yuṣmān bhūyāsam | yáthā́paraṃ ná mā́sātai śaté śarátsu no purā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Month after month (I claim) the measured portion that goes to heaven: may I be life-possessed; that the later share be not diminished by months—(a life) of a hundred autumns for us, as of old.

Translation

月ごとに、天へと至る量度の分をわれは受け取る。願わくはわたしに寿命あれ。後の分が月々によって減らぬように——古く定められしごとく、われらに百の秋の命あれ。

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Word by Word

• अमा: now; at home/with (contextual)
• अमा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘अम्’ (सह/निकट) इत्यर्थे

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• मात्राम्: measure; portion; (also) mother (context-dependent)
• मात्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven; the heavenly world
• स्वः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्/स्वर् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• रगाम्: (uncertain) ‘path/track’ or ‘streak/line’; likely an epithet/qualifier
• रगाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रगा (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) / अथवा रग (धातु) से निष्पन्ना

• आयुष्मान्: long-lived; endowed with life
• आयुष्मान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूयासम्: may I be; may I become
• भूयासम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यथा: as; so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अपरम्: further; another; subsequent
• अपरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• मासात्: from a month
• मासात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतै: with these
• एतै: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शते: in a hundred
• शते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• शरत्सु: in (many) autumns/years
• शरत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरा: formerly; before; earlier
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition (AV 18 corpus).

Devata: Āyus; Svàr (heaven) as goal; implicitly the Pitṛs as recipients of correct passage.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna