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Atharva Veda 19.49.7: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 7

Sukta 49

शम्या॑ ह॒ नाम॑ दधि॒षे मम॒ दिप्स॑न्ति॒ ये धना॑ । रात्री॒हि तान॑सुत॒पा यस्ते॒नो न वि॒द्यते॒ यत् पुन॒र्न वि॒द्यते॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.49.7

śamyā́ ha nā́ma dadhíṣe máma dípsanti yé dhánāḥ | rā́trī́hi tā́n asutapā́ yás ténó ná vidyáte yát púnar ná vidyáté ||

O Night—Peaceful One by name thou wearest thy name: they who would seize my goods. Come hither, O self-heating One; those—let that thief be not found, yea, let him not be found again.

ഓ രാത്രിയേ! ‘ശമ്യാ’ (ശാന്തിമയി) എന്ന നാമം നീ ധരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. എന്റെ ധനം പിടിച്ചെടുക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ ആരായാലും—ഓ സ്വതപാ (സ്വയം-തപ്ത) രാത്രിയേ, ഇവിടെ വരിക. അവരിലെ ആ കള്ളൻ കണ്ടെത്തപ്പെടാതിരിക്കട്ടെ; അതെ, അവൻ വീണ്ടും ഒരിക്കലും കണ്ടെത്തപ്പെടാതിരിക്കട്ടെ.

शम्याthe (goddess) Śamyā / a pacifying one
शम्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशम्य (प्रातिपदिक) / शम्या (स्त्री.)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नामverily, indeed
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
दधिषेyou place/establish (for yourself)
दधिषे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधा (दधाति) / धा + आत्मनेपद
ममof me, my
मम:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दिप्सन्तिthey desire to seize/obtain
दिप्सन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदिप्स् (इच्छार्थक धातु) / desiderative sense
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
धनाःwealth, possessions
धनाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
रात्रीहिO Night, indeed
रात्रीहि:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + हि
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
असुतपाO ‘life-scourging’/‘breath-burning’ one (epithet of Night)
असुतपा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअसु-तप (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
नःof us, our
नः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
विद्यतेis found, exists
विद्यते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्/विद्यते ‘to be found/known’)
यत्that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
पुनःagain, back
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विद्यतेis found, exists
विद्यते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्यते)

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic (Rātrī-hymn complex; seer attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Rātrī (Night), as guardian and confounder of thieves

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in AV style)

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta

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