Atharva Veda 4.25.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 25, Mantra 2

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ययोः॒ संख्या॑ता॒ वरि॑मा॒ पार्थि॑वानि॒ याभ्यां॒ रजो॑ युपि॒तम॒न्तरि॑क्षे । ययोः॑ प्रा॒यं नान्वा॑न॒शे कश्च॒न तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः

IAST Transliteration

yáyoḥ saṁkhyā́tā várimā pārthivā́ni yā́bhyāṁ rájo yúpitam antárikṣe | yáyoḥ prāyáṁ nā́nvānaśe káścana táu no muñcatam áṁhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They of whom the earthly expanses are measured out; by whom the airy region is, in mid-heaven, as it were propped fast; of whom no onset whatsoever attains—do ye release us from distress and sin.

Translation

大地の広がりが量り定められるのは汝ら二柱による。汝らによって空界は中天に、あたかも支えられて堅く据えられる。いかなる襲来も汝らには及ばぬ。ゆえに、われらを苦難と罪過（aṃhas）から解き放て。

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Word by Word

• ययोः: of which two / whose (two)
• ययोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• संख्याता: counted, reckoned
• संख्याता: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-ख्या (धातु) → संख्यात (कृदन्त)

• वरिमा: extent, breadth
• वरिमा: कर्तृ/विषय (subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘breadth/extent’)

• पार्थिवानि: earthly things / terrestrial (realms)
• पार्थिवानि: सम्बद्ध-वस्तु (things referred to; appositional/related to ‘वरिमा’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earthly, terrestrial’)

• याभ्याम्: by which two
• याभ्याम्: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• रजः: space, region; (also: dust)
• रजः: कर्म (object; what is ‘fastened/held’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• युपितम्: fastened, fixed
• युपितम्: कर्मणि-विशेषण (predicate/qualifier of the object)
• Type: Participle
• Root: युप्/युपि (धातु; ‘to fasten, yoke, fix’) → युपित (कृदन्त)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air, in the atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• ययोः: of which two / whose (two)
• ययोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• प्रायम्: course/going; advance; departure
• प्रायम्: कर्म (object of ‘अन्वानशे’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going forth, departure’; also ‘approach’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• अन्वानशे: has reached/attained; has followed up
• अन्वानशे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-आन्-श्/अश् (धातु; ‘to reach, attain, follow up’) → अन्वानश्

• कश्चन: anyone, someone
• कश्चन: कर्ता (subject of ‘अन्वानशे’)
• Type: Pronoun (indefinite)
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (निपात)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: कर्ता (of ‘मुञ्चतम्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary; ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मुञ्चतम्: release (you two)!
• मुञ्चतम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु; ‘to release’)

• अंहसः: from distress/sin/trouble
• अंहसः: अपादान (source/from which)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘distress, sin, trouble’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vāyu and Savitar (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara