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Atharva Veda 18.3.9: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 9

Sukta 3

प्र च्य॑वस्व त॒न्वं॑१ सं भ॑रस्व॒ मा ते॒ गात्रा॒ वि हा॑यि॒ मो शरी॑रम्। मनो॒ निवि॑ष्टमनु॒संवि॑शस्व॒ यत्र॒ भूमे॑र्जु॒षसे॒ तत्र॑ गच्छ

prá cyàvasva tanvàṃ sáṃ bharasva mā́ te gā́trā ví hāyi mó śárīram | manó níviṣṭam anusáṃviśasva yátra bhū́mer júṣase tátra gaccha ||

Depart thou forth; gather up thy person entire: let not thy limbs be left asunder, nor thy body at all. Let thy mind, duly set, enter in full succession; where thou findest thy pleasure in Earth, thither go.

മുന്നോട്ട് പുറപ്പെടുക; നിന്റെ മുഴുവൻ തനുവും ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂട്ടുക. നിന്റെ അവയവങ്ങൾ വേർപിരിയാതിരിക്കട്ടെ; ശരീരവും ഒന്നും വിട്ടുപോകരുത്. നന്നായി സ്ഥാപിതമായ മനസ്സ് ക്രമമായി പൂർണ്ണമായി പ്രവേശിക്കട്ടെ; ഹേ ഭൂമേ, നീ എവിടെ ആസ്വാദനം കണ്ടെത്തുന്നുവോ, അവിടേക്ക് പോകുക.

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
च्यवस्वmove away/shift!
च्यवस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootच्यु (च्यवति)
तन्वम्body, person
तन्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिकम्)
संtogether, completely
सं:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
भरस्वcompose/collect (yourself)!
भरस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (भरति)
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
गात्राlimbs
गात्रा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिकम्)
विapart, asunder
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
हायिmay it not leave/abandon
हायि:
TypeVerb
Rootहा (जहाति) / हि (हायते) — Vedic form
मोand do not (let…)
मो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा + उ
शरीरम्the body
शरीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिकम्)
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
निविष्टम्settled, entered, fixed
निविष्टम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootनि + विश् → निविश् (कृदन्त-आधार) / √विश्
अनुसंविशस्वenter in after/enter fully (settle yourself)
अनुसंविशस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + सम् + विश्
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
भूमेःof the earth
भूमेः:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
जुषसेyou enjoy/are pleased with
जुषसे:
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (जोषते)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
गच्छgo!
गच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (गच्छति)

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Yama-funeral corpus (AV 18); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition

Devata: Preta / the departed person; implicitly Yama and Bhūmi as destination powers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; AV 18 frequently uses triṣṭubh/jagatī in funeral hymns—confirm by pada count in critical edition)

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta

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