Atharva Veda 6.129.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 3

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अ॒न्धो यः पु॑नःस॒रो भगो॑ वृ॒क्षेष्वाहि॑तः । तेन॑ मा भ॒गिनं॑ कृ॒ण्वप॑ द्रा॒न्त्वरा॑तयः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.129.3

IAST Transliteration

yó andhó yáḥ punar-saráḥ bhágo vṛkṣeṣv āhítaḥ | téna mā bhagínaṃ kṛṇv ápa drā́ntu arā́tayaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bhaga who is hidden, who returns again, who is lodged within the trees—by that make me fortunate: let the ill-wishers flee away.

Translation

隠れ住み、ふたたび帰り来たり、樹々の中に宿るバガ（Bhaga）よ——その力によって我を幸ある者となしたまえ。悪意ある者どもは退き去れ。

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्धः: blind (one)
• अन्धः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनःसरः: one who goes back/returns; returning
• पुनःसरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: पुनःसर (प्रातिपदिक; पुनः + सर)

• भगः: Bhaga (deity of fortune); fortune
• भगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षेषु: in/among the trees
• वृक्षेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहितः: placed; set; deposited
• आहितः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: आ + धा (धातु) → आहित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भगिनम्: fortunate; possessing bhaga (good fortune)
• भगिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: make (you)!
• कृणु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• अप: away; off
• अप: (क्रियाविशेषणम्/उपसर्गार्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्रान्तु: let (them) run away / be driven away
• द्रान्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रा (धातु; ‘द्राण्/द्रा’ = to run/drive away)

• अरातयः: enemies; hostile beings
• अरातयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Bhaga (immanent in trees)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta