Atharva Veda 15.3.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 8
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सामा॑सा॒द उ॑द्गी॒थोऽपश्र॒यः
IAST Transliteration
sā́māsā́d udgīthó’paśráyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Sāman is the seat; the Ud्गītha is the stay and refuge.
Translation
സാമൻ ആസനമാണ്; ഉദ്ഗീഥം ആധാരവും താങ്ങും ശരണവും ആകുന്നു.
Word by Word
सामासात्from the seat/assembly; from the sitting (place)
सामासात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसामास (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-आस् ‘उपवेशन/समीप-आसन’ से निष्पन्न भाव/स्थानवाचक)
उद्गीथःthe Ud्गीथा-chant (the ‘udgītha’)
उद्गीथः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउद्गीथ (प्रातिपदिक; उद्-√गै/√गि ‘गान’ से ‘उद्गीथ’ = सामगान का ‘उद्गीथ’ भाग)
अपश्रयः(is) a support/refuge; a resting-place
अपश्रयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअपश्रय (प्रातिपदिक; अप-√श्रि ‘आश्रय लेना/टिकना’ → ‘आश्रय/आधार’; ‘अपश्रय’ = आधार/आश्रय)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition.
Devata: Sāman/Ud्गītha (personified chant-power).
Chandas: Aphoristic nominal style.
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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