Atharva Veda 3.13.7: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं व॑ आपो॒ हृद॑यम॒यं व॒त्स ऋ॑तावरीः । इ॒हेत्थमेत॑ शक्वरी॒र्यत्रे॒दं वे॒शया॑मि वः

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ va ā́po hṛ́dayam ayáṃ vatsá ṛtā́varīḥ | ihéttham éta śakvarī́r yátrédáṃ veśáyāmi vaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, O Waters, is your heart; this is the calf, O ye that bear the Ṛta. Thus, hither—come, ye mighty ones—unto the place where I cause you to be housed.

Translation

これこそ汝らの心、ああ水たちよ；これこそ子牛、ああṚta（宇宙の正理）を担う者たちよ。かくして――ここへ来たれ、力ある者たちよ――われが汝らを住まわせ、納めるその場所へ。

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (he/this one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वत्सः: calf
• वत्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावरीः: O ṛtāvarīs (truth-/order-bearing ones; epithet of the waters)
• ऋतावरीः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋतावरी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)

• एतत्: this (here)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शक्वरीः: O śakvarīs (strong/able ones; epithet of the waters)
• शक्वरीः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शक्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वेशयामि: I cause to enter / I lodge / I settle
• वेशयामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (प्रवेशने) → causative stem वेशय-

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aṅgiras/Atharvan line; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters), with pragmatic linkage to cattle-settling

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV domestic/prosperity verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara