Atharva Veda 2.13.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 4

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एह्यश्मा॑न॒मा ति॒ष्ठाश्मा॑ भवतु ते त॒नूः । कृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा आयु॑ष्टे श॒रदः॑ श॒तम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.13.4

IAST Transliteration

éhy aśmā́nam ā́ tiṣṭhā́śmā́ bhavatu te tanū́ḥ | kṛṇvántu víśve devā́ ā́yus te śarádaḥ śatám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come hither, O Stone; stand thou close at hand. Let thy body be as stone. Let all the Gods conjointly fashion for thee life—an hundred autumns.

Translation

来たれ、石よ。近くに立て。汝の身は石のごとくあれ。すべての神々がともに、汝のために寿命を形づくれ——百の秋を。

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Word by Word

• एहि: come!
• एहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• अश्मानम्: the stone
• अश्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand! remain!
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• अश्मा: the stone
• अश्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• भवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तनूः: body, person
• तनूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्वन्तु: let (them) make
• कृण्वन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Ātharvaṇa seer in Saunaka transmission for such charms)

Devata: Aśman (Stone) and Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods) as collective guarantors of longevity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor metrical flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira