Atharva Veda 18.2.24: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 24

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा ते॒ मनो॒ मासो॒र्माङ्गा॑नां॒ मा रस॑स्य ते । मा ते॑ हास्त त॒न्वः॑१ किं च॒नेह

IAST Transliteration

mā́ te máno mā́ ásor mā́ṅgā́nāṃ mā́ rásasya te | mā́ te hāsta tanvàḥ kím canéhá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not thy mind be lost; let not thy vital breath, nor thy limbs, nor thy sap be lost. Let not aught of thy body fail thee here—no, not the least thing.

Translation

നിന്റെ മനസ്സ് നഷ്ടപ്പെടരുത്; നിന്റെ പ്രാണവായുവും, അവയവങ്ങളും, നിന്റെ രസം (ജീവസാരം) നഷ്ടപ്പെടരുത്. ഇവിടെ നിന്റെ ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒന്നും കുറയരുത്—അത്യല്പം പോലും അല്ല.

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Word by Word

• मा: do not / may not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्तृ (of implied verb ‘be/occur’ under prohibition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्

• मा: do not / may not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• सोः: you are
• सोः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: असि (2nd sg. pres.) / अस् (धातु) → ‘सोः’ (वैदिक रूप)

• उर्माङ्गानाम्: of the limbs/joints (ur-māṅga- = bodily members)
• उर्माङ्गानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्माङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) [उरु/ऊर्मि? + अङ्ग]

• मा: do not / may not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• रसस्य: of sap/essence; of vitality
• रसस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मा: do not / may not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) अव्यय

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• हास्त: (may you) not abandon/lose
• हास्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु) / ‘हास्’ (2nd sg. injunctive/imperative-like Vedic)

• तन्वः: of (your) body
• तन्वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• किम्: what?
• किम्: कर्म/प्रश्नवाचक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्

• चन: even; at all; any
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन (एव/अपि-समर्थक निपात, वैदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the funerary book (AV 18); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition for individual verses.

Devata: Protective apotropaic address to the deceased’s faculties (manas, asu, rasa) within the Pitṛ-rite frame

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV 18; this verse conforms to the funerary anuṣṭubh style)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna