Atharva Veda 7.22.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 2

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्र॒ध्नः स॒मीची॑रु॒षसः॒ समै॑रयन्। अ॒रे॒पसः॒ सचे॑तसः॒ स्वस॑रे मन्यु॒मत्त॑माश्चि॒ते गोः

IAST Transliteration

bradhnáḥ samī́cīr uṣásaḥ sám airayan | arépasaḥ sacétasaḥ svásare manyúmattamāś cité góḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tawny One—the Dawns converging—together have they set in motion: spotless, of one accord, in their own season, most filled with ardor, in the manifest realm of the Cow.

Translation

ຜູ້ທີ່ມີສີຄຽງ, ພະອຸສາສທັ່ງຫຼາຍມາພົບກັນ, ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຊຸກຍູ່ໄປພ້ອມກັນ: ບໍມີຈຸດດ້ວຍ, ສອດຄ່ອງກັນ, ໃນລະດູການຂອງຕົນເອງ, ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມກະຕືລົນທີ່ສຸດ, ໃນອານາຈັກທີ່ປາກົດຂອງໂຄ.

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Word by Word

• ब्रध्नः: the tawny one; the sun (Bradhna)
• ब्रध्नः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• समीचीः: straight/regular; in due order
• समीचीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीचि (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√अञ्च् ‘to go/turn’ से) अथवा ‘समीचीन’

• उषसः: dawns
• उषसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम्

• ऐरयन्: they set in motion; they impelled
• ऐरयन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर्/√इर् (प्रेरणे) + णिच्

• अरेपसः: spotless; faultless
• अरेपसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रेपस् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• सचेतसः: of one mind; harmonious; attentive
• सचेतसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वसरे: in/at the sister (i.e., among sisters; in sisterly relation)
• स्वसरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्युमत्तमाः: most wrathful; having the strongest ardor
• मन्युमत्तमाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्यु-मत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (सुपरलटिव)

• चिते: in the known/marked (place); in the piled/arranged (spot)
• चिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित (प्रातिपदिक; √चि ‘to perceive/notice’ से ‘चित’ = ज्ञात/प्रसिद्ध) अथवा √चि ‘to pile’ से ‘चित’ = चितित/चितः

• गोः: of the cow; of cattle
• गोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (requires anukramaṇī verification for AVŚ 7.22.2).

Devata: Uṣas/Āditya (dawn-solar complex).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-like; requires scansion.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta