Atharva Veda 2.2.3 - Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

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Atharva Veda 2.2.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒न॒व॒द्याभिः॒ समु॑ जग्म आभिरप्स॒रास्वपि॑ गन्ध॒र्व आ॑सीत्। स॒मु॒द्र आ॑सां॒ सद॑नं म आहु॒र्यतः॑ स॒द्य आ च॒ परा॑ च॒ यन्ति॑

IAST Transliteration

anavadyā́bhiḥ sáṃu jagma ā́bhir apsarā́sv ápi gandharvá āsīt | samudrá āsā́ṃ sádanam me āhúr yátas sadyá ā́ ca párā ca yánti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the blameless ones he went in company; among the Apsarases, yea, the Gandharva was. The Sea is, men tell me, their dwelling-seat—whence straightway they go both hither and away.

Translation

ທ່ານໄດ້ໄປພ້ອມກັບຜູ້ບໍລິສຸດ; ໃນບ່ອນອັບສະຣັສ, ຄັນທັບວະກໍຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ. ທະເລແມ່ນທີ່ຢູ່ຂອງພວກນາງ, ຜູ້ຄົນເວົ້າກັບຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ບ່ອນທີ່ພວກນາງໄປມາທັນທີ.

Word by Word

अनवद्याभिःwith blameless (ones)

समुtogether

जग्मwent, came

आभिःwith those

अप्सरासुamong the Apsarases

अपिalso, even

गन्धर्वःthe Gandharva

आसीत्was

समुद्रःthe ocean

आसाम्of those (f.)

सदनम्dwelling, seat

मेto me / of me

आहुःthey said

यतःfrom where

सद्यःimmediately

आtowards, hither

चand

पराaway, forth

चand

यन्तिthey go

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not determinable from the isolated verse alone)

Devata: Apsarases and Gandharva; secondarily Samudra (as their seat/containment)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (requires full hymn metrical audit; not safely fixed from one pāda in isolation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta

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