Atharva Veda 1.14.4: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 4

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असि॑तस्य ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा क॒श्यप॑स्य॒ गय॑स्य च । अ॒न्तः॒को॒शमि॑व जा॒मयोऽपि॑ नह्यामि ते॒ भग॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.14.4

IAST Transliteration

asítasya te bráhmaṇā kaśyápasya gáyasya ca | antáḥkośam iva jāmáyo ápi nahyāmi te bhágam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the spell of Asita, of Kaśyapa, and of Gaya, I bind fast for thee thy Bhaga (thy fortunate portion), as though within an inner sheath, as kinsmen clasp one another close.

Translation

അസിതൻ, കശ്യപൻ, ഗയൻ—ഇവരുടെ ബ്രഹ്മം (മന്ത്രബലം) കൊണ്ടു ഞാൻ നിനക്കായി നിന്റെ ഭഗം (സൗഭാഗ്യഭാഗം) ഉറച്ചായി ബന്ധിക്കുന്നു—അകത്തെ കോശത്തിനുള്ളിൽ പൂട്ടുന്നതുപോലെ; ബന്ധുക്കൾ തമ്മിൽ ചേർന്നു പിടിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.

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Word by Word

• असितस्य: of Asita
• असितस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: असित (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you; your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with/by the sacred formula (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)

• गयस्य: of Gaya
• गयस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: गय (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अन्तःकोशम्: an inner sheath / inner covering
• अन्तःकोशम्: कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःकोश (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तः + कोश)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• जामयः: kinsmen / relatives
• जामयः: कर्ता (नह्यामि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• नह्यामि: I bind / I tie
• नह्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह् (धातु; नह्यति/नह्यते ‘to bind, tie’)

• ते: to/for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भगम्: fortune / prosperity (bhaga)
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Tradition associates the verse with Atharvanic seer-lineages named in the mantra (Asita, Kaśyapa, Gaya) as invoked authorities.

Devata: Bhaga (Fortune/Allotment), secondarily the efficacious Brahman (mantra-power) and the invoked ṛṣis as guarantors.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor phonetic adjustments).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira