Atharva Veda 2.36.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोम॑जुष्टं॒ ब्रह्म॑जुष्टमर्य॒म्णा संभृ॑तं॒ भग॑म्। धा॒तुर्दे॒वस्य॑ स॒त्येन॑ कृ॒णोमि॑ पति॒वेद॑नम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.36.2

IAST Transliteration

sómajúṣṭaṁ bráhmajúṣṭam aryamṇā́ saṁbhṛ́taṁ bhágam | dhātúr devásya satyéna kr̥ṇómi pativédanam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A boon approved of Soma, approved of holy spell; a Bhaga-fortune gathered by Aryaman: by the truth of Dhātṛ the God I make the winning of a husband.

Translation

സോമൻ അംഗീകരിച്ചതും, ബ്രഹ്മം (മന്ത്രം) അംഗീകരിച്ചതും, ആര്യമൻ സമാഹരിച്ച ഭഗം (സൗഭാഗ്യ-ഭാഗ്യം) — ധാതൃ ദേവന്റെ സത്യത്താൽ ഞാൻ പതി-പ്രാപ്തി (പതിവേദന) സിദ്ധമാക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• सोमजुष्टम्: Soma-pleasing / approved by Soma
• सोमजुष्टम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘भगम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + जुष्ट (कृदन्त, √जुष् ‘सेवने/तोषणे’)

• ब्रह्मजुष्टम्: Brahman-pleasing / approved by sacred prayer
• ब्रह्मजुष्टम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘भगम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जुष्ट (कृदन्त, √जुष्)

• अर्यम्णा: by Aryaman (the deity Aryaman)
• अर्यम्णा: करण (येन/यस्य साहाय्येन ‘संभृतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• संभृतम्: collected / brought together
• संभृतम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘भगम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √भृ (भरणे) → संभृत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/क्त)

• भगम्: Bhaga; fortune / good share
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• धातुः: the establisher / ordainer
• धातुः: सम्बन्ध/निर्देश (षष्ठीसम्बन्धेन ‘देवस्य’ सह—‘देवस्य धातुः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्थापक/विधाता’)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी—‘of the god’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्येन: by truth / with truth
• सत्येन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make / I perform
• कृणोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) [वैदिक रूप ‘कृणोति’]

• पतिवेदनम्: husband-finding / obtaining a husband
• पतिवेदनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदन (कृदन्त/भाव-नाम; √विद् ‘ज्ञाने’ → वेदन ‘making known/obtaining/recognition’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted without a single named ṛṣi in practical strīkarmāṇi contexts; assigned by some Anukramaṇī traditions to an Atharvan/Āṅgirasa stream).

Devata: Aryaman, Bhaga, Dhātṛ (with Soma and Brahman as sanctioning powers).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical domestic-rite meter).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta