Atharva Veda 4.36.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 5

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये दे॒वास्तेन॒ हास॑न्ते॒ सूर्ये॑ण मिमते ज॒वम्। न॒दीषु॒ पर्व॑तेषु॒ ये सं तैः प॒शुभि॑र्विदे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.36.5

IAST Transliteration

yé devā́s téna hā́sante sū́ryeṇa mimate javám | nadī́ṣu párvateṣu yé sáṁ táiḥ paśúbhir vidé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Gods who therewith laugh loud in triumph, who with the Sun mete out and order speed—those that are in rivers, those on mountains—with those I win me cattle and living store.

Translation

それによって勝ち誇り笑う神々、太陽によって速さを量り定め整える神々——川にいる者、山にいる者——それらの神々と、その群れ（家畜）とともに、われは牛と生きものの富を得る。

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• हासन्ते: they laugh
• हासन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)

• सूर्येण: with the sun / by the sun
• सूर्येण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिमते: measures out / measures
• मिमते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (मि-धातु; ‘मिमते’ = मि-प्रत्यय-आत्मनेपद-रूप)

• जवम्: speed, swiftness
• जवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नदीषु: in rivers
• नदीषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वतेषु: in mountains
• पर्वतेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तैः: with those
• तैः: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पशुभिः: with cattle/animals
• पशुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदे: is found / is obtained
• विदे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; ‘to find/know’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Devas with Sūrya as principal power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta