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Atharva Veda 18.2.22: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

उत् त्वा॑ वहन्तु म॒रुत॑ उदवा॒हा उ॑द॒प्रुतः॑ । अ॒जेन॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ शी॒तं व॒र्षेणो॑क्षन्तु॒ बालिति॑

út tvā vahantu marúta udavāhā́ udaprútaḥ | ajéna kṛṇvántaḥ śītáṃ varṣéṇókṣantu bāl íti ||

Up let the Maruts bear thee—upbearing, up-springing; with the goat making coolness, with rain let them sprinkle thee—so be it.

മരുത്തുകൾ നിന്നെ മേലോട്ടു വഹിക്കട്ടെ—മേലോട്ടു വഹിക്കുന്നവർ, മേലോട്ടു ഉയിർക്കുന്നവർ. അജൻ (ആട്) മുഖേന ശീതളത ഉണ്ടാക്കി, മഴകൊണ്ട് നിന്നെ തളിക്കട്ടെ—അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകട്ടെ (ബാലിതി)।

उत्up; forth
उत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वहन्तुlet them carry/lead
वहन्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
उदup; out
उद:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग)
अवाहाःcarriers/transporters; those who convey
अवाहाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअवाह (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् + आ- उपसर्ग, कृत्-प्रत्ययः)
उदup; out
उद:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग)
अप्रुतःunhindered; unobstructed
अप्रुतः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + प्रुत/प्रु-सम्बद्ध)
अजेनwith a goat
अजेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअज
कृण्वन्तःdoing; making
कृण्वन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootकृ
शीतम्coolness; cooling (thing/state)
शीतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशीत
वर्षेणwith rain; by rainfall
वर्षेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
उक्षन्तुlet them sprinkle/drench
उक्षन्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootउक्ष्
बालिति‘so’/thus (end marker)
बालिति:
TypeIndeclinable (quotative/ending)
Rootबालिति (इति-समाप्ति-निपातयुक्तम्)

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition

Devata: Maruts (with ancillary rain/cooling power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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