Atharva Veda 2.7.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दि॒वो मूल॒मव॑ततं पृथि॒व्या अध्युत्त॑तम्। तेन॑ स॒हस्र॑काण्डेन॒ परि॑ णः पाहि वि॒श्वतः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.7.3

IAST Transliteration

divó mū́lam áva-tataṁ pṛthivyā́ ádhy-uttatam | téna sahásra-kāṇḍena pári naḥ pāhi viśvátaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The root of heaven, stretched downward; the loftiest growth upon the earth: with that thousand-stemmed (plant), guard us round about, from every side.

Translation

天の根は下へと張り、地の上には最も高く伸びる。その千茎の草木をもって、われらを四方より、あらゆる方角から守りたまえ。

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Word by Word

• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)

• मूलम्: root, base
• मूलम्: कर्म (of अवततं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवततम्: stretched down, extended downward
• अवततम्: विशेषण (of मूलम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √तन् (tan) + अव- (उपसर्ग), क्त (PPP)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्युत्ततम्: stretched up/raised above, extended upward
• अध्युत्ततम्: विशेषण (of मूलम्; parallel epithet)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √तन् (tan) + उत् (उपसर्ग) + अधि (उपसर्ग), क्त (PPP)

• तेन: by/with that
• तेन: करण (instrumental: ‘by/with that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रकाण्डेन: with the thousand-jointed (stalk/branch); with the thousand-segmented one
• सहस्रकाण्डेन: करण (instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-काण्ड (समास: सहस्र ‘thousand’ + काण्ड ‘stalk/joint/section’)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘around’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: us / of us
• नः: कर्म (object of पाहि: ‘protect us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पाहि: protect (you protect)
• पाहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (pā) ‘to protect’

• विश्वतः: from all sides, on every side
• विश्वतः: क्रियाविशेषण (scope: ‘from all sides’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit)

Devata: Oṣadhi (healing/protective plant), specifically the ‘sahasra-kāṇḍa’ as personified protector

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor phonetic adjustments)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta