Atharva Veda 3.29.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वा॒न् कामा॑न् पूरयत्या॒भव॑न् प्र॒भव॒न् भव॑न्। आ॒कू॒ति॒प्रोऽवि॑र्द॒त्तः शि॑ति॒पान्नोप॑ दस्यति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.29.2

IAST Transliteration

sárvān kā́mān pūrayaty ábhavan prabhávan bhávan | ākūti-pró ’vír dattáḥ śití-pān nópa dasyati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fulfilling all desires—becoming, prevailing, abiding—the sheep, intention-impelled, when given, the white-footed, doth not assail (us).

Translation

��າມສົມຄວາມປາຖະໜາທັງໝົດ - ເປັນ, ຊະນະ, ຢູ່ສືບຕໍ່ - ແກະ, ຖືກກະຕຸ້ນດ້ວຍເຈດຈຳນົງ, ເມື່ອຖືກມອບໃຫ້, ຜູ້ມີເທິງຂາຂາວ, ບໍ່ທຳຮ້າຍ (ພວກເຮົາ).

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Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (काम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूरयति: fulfils, fills
• पूरयति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्/पॄ (पूरयति; धातु: पॄ/पूर् ‘पूरणे’)

• अभवन्: they became
• अभवन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु: भू ‘सत्तायाम्’)

• प्रभवन्: arising forth, originating
• प्रभवन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Kṛdanta (present participle)
• Root: प्र-भू (धातु: भू उपसर्गेण ‘प्रभवति’)

• भवन्: being
• भवन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Kṛdanta (present participle)
• Root: भू (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-कृदन्त)

• आकूतिप्रः: one who impels/urges by intention (ā-kūti), intention-forward
• आकूतिप्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: आकूति-प्र (समास: आकूति + प्र)

• अविर्दत्तः: given without obstruction / freely bestowed
• अविर्दत्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: अविर्-दत्त (समास/कृदन्त: अविर् ‘अप्रकट/अविरुद्ध’ + दत्त ‘दत्त’ < √दा ‘दाने’)

• शितिपान्: Śitipā (epithet: the grey/white-drinking one; a deity-epithet)
• शितिपान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शिति-पान् (समास: शिति ‘श्वेत/धूसर’ + पान् ‘पानकर्ता/पिबन्’; विशेषणरूप)

• न: not
• न: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उप: near, towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: उप

• दस्यति: harms, attacks, does injury
• दस्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दस्/दस्य (धातु: दस्य ‘हिंसायाम्/उपद्रवे’—वैदिक प्रयोग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)

Devata: Sheep as ritual instrument; implicitly Yama/Pitṛ economy

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; compact pāda lengths with AV flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta