Atharva Veda 12.3.10: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 10

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्त॑रं रा॒ष्ट्रं प्र॒जयो॑त्त॒राव॑द् दि॒शामुदी॑ची कृणवन्नो॒ अग्र॑म्। पाङ्क्तं॒ छन्दः॒पुरु॑षो बभूव॒ विश्वै॑र्विश्वा॒ङ्गैः स॒ह सं भ॑वेम

IAST Transliteration

úttaraṃ rāṣṭráṃ prajā́yottarā́vad diśā́m udī́cī kṛṇavan no ágram | pā́ṅktaṃ chándaḥ púruṣo babhū́va víśvair viśvā́ṅgaiḥ sahá sáṃ bhavema ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A northern realm, superior with progeny—may the northern quarter of the regions make for us the foremost place. The fivefold metre became the Person: with all, with all his limbs, together may we wholly come to be.

Translation

ഉത്തരരാജ്യം—പ്രജയാൽ ഉന്നതമായത്—ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ; ദിശകളിൽ ഉത്തരദിശ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് അഗ്രസ്ഥാനം ഒരുക്കട്ടെ. പാങ്ക്ത ഛന്ദസ് പുരുഷനായി ഭവിച്ചു; എല്ലാവരോടും, അവന്റെ എല്ലാ അംഗങ്ങളോടും കൂടി, ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ചേർന്ന് സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി ഏകീഭവിക്കട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• उत्तरम्: higher, northern; the uppermost
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजया: with progeny/offspring
• प्रजया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरावत्: having the higher (part), prosperous/superior
• उत्तरावत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)

• दिशाम्: of the directions
• दिशाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिशा)

• उदीची: the northern direction
• उदीची: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उदीची (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणवन्: (he) makes, renders
• कृणवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अग्रम्: foremost place, front, pre-eminence
• अग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाङ्क्तम्: in the Paṅkti-metre; fivefold
• पाङ्क्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाङ्क्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• छन्दः: metre
• छन्दः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषः: the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• विश्वैः: with all
• विश्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वाङ्गैः: with all limbs; with every member
• विश्वाङ्गैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + अङ्ग)

• सह: together with
• सह: Karaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• सम्: together, completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भवेम: may we be / may we become
• भवेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 12.3 complex (variable).

Devata: Dik (udīcī) and Puruṣa/chandas as efficacious principles.

Chandas: Pāṅkti is explicitly named (fivefold metrical/ritual form).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta