Atharva Veda 4.8.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ माप॑ वेन उ॒ग्रश्चे॒त्ता स॑पत्न॒हा। आ ति॑ष्ठ मित्रवर्धन॒ तुभ्यं॑ दे॒वा अधि॑ ब्रुवन्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.8.2

IAST Transliteration

abhí prá ehi mā́pa vena ugráś céttā sapatnáhā | ā́ tíṣṭha mitra-vardhana túbhyaṃ devā́ ádhi bruvan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Advance hither; stray not away in longing: fierce, discerning, slayer of rivals. Take thou thy station, increaser of allies; for thee the Gods have spoken their decree.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एहि: come!
• एहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वेन: with desire/longing (or: with the ‘Vena’ impulse)
• वेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेन (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रः: fierce, powerful
• उग्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेत्ता: perceiver, one who notices/understands
• चेत्ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित् (धातु) → चेतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सपत्नहा: slayer of rivals
• सपत्नहा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न-हन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand! take your place!
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• मित्रवर्धन: O increaser of friendship/allyship
• मित्रवर्धन: —
• Type: Noun (vocative use)
• Root: मित्र-वर्धन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

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

• अधि: over, concerning; in addition
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ब्रुवन्: speaking, uttering
• ब्रुवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not recoverable from the excerpt alone).

Devata: Rājan (the consecrand as ritual subject) with the Gods as authorizing agents.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta