Atharva Veda 12.3.40: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 40

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याव॑न्तो अ॒स्याः पृ॑थि॒वीं सच॑न्ते अ॒स्मत् पु॒त्राः परि॒ ये सं॑बभू॒वुः । सर्वां॒स्तां उप॒ पात्रे॑ ह्वयेथां॒ नाभिं॑ जाना॒नाः शिश॑वः स॒माया॑न्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.3.40

IAST Transliteration

yā́vanto asyā́ḥ pṛthivī́ṃ sácante asmát putrā́ḥ pári yé saṃbabhūvúḥ | sárvāṃs tā́n úpa pā́tre hváyethāṃ nā́bhiṃ jānānā́ḥ śíśavaḥ sámāyan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As many as are her children who cleave unto Earth, who round about have sprung from us—call ye them all hither to the vessel. Knowing the navel-hub, the little ones have gathered and come together.

Translation

ഭൂമിയെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് ചേർന്നിരിക്കുന്ന അവളുടെ എത്രയോ മക്കൾ—ഞങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ജനിച്ച് ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം വ്യാപിച്ച നമ്മുടെ പുത്രന്മാർ—അവരെല്ലാവരെയും ഈ പാത്രത്തിലേക്ക് വിളിക്കൂ. നാഭി-കേന്ദ്രം അറിയുന്ന ആ ചെറു ശിശുക്കൾ ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂടി ഇവിടെ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• यावन्तः: as many (as)
• यावन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्याः: of this (woman/one)
• अस्याः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचन्ते: associate with / cleave to
• सचन्ते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु)

• अस्मत्: of us / from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all about
• परि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्बभूवुः: have come into being / were born
• सम्बभूवुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पात्रे: in/at the vessel (bowl)
• पात्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह्वयेथाम्: you two should call/invoke
• ह्वयेथाम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वय्/ह्वा (धातु; √ह्वा ‘to call’)

• नाभिम्: navel
• नाभिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जानानाः: knowing, recognizing
• जानानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → जानान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• शिशवः: infants, young ones
• शिशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• समायान्: coming together, approaching
• समायान्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: या (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) → समायान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and Nābhi (hub/lineage-center) as functional powers.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like movement (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta