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Atharva Veda 3.29.1: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 1

Sukta 29

अविः। यद् राजा॑नो वि॒भज॑न्त इष्टापू॒र्तस्य॑ षोड॒शं य॒मस्या॒मी स॑भा॒सदः॑ । अवि॒स्तस्मा॒त् प्र मु॑ञ्चति द॒त्तः शि॑ति॒पात् स्व॒धा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.29.1

avíḥ | yád rājā́no vibhájante iṣṭā-pūrtásya ṣoḍaśáṃ yámasyāmī́ sabhā-sádaḥ | avís tasmā́t prá muñcati dattáḥ śití-pāt svadhā́ ||

When the kings apportion the sixteenth share of merit—of sacrifice and pious work—for Yama, those assembly-sitters; from that doth the ewe, when given, release (a man): the white-footed—svadhā.

രാജാക്കന്മാർ യമനുവേണ്ടി—സഭാസദന്മാരായവർക്കായി—ഇഷ്ടാപൂർത്ത (യജ്ഞവും പുണ്യകർമ്മവും) എന്ന പുണ്യത്തിന്റെ പതിനാറാം ഭാഗം വിഭജിക്കുമ്പോൾ, അതിൽ നിന്നു ദത്തമായ അവി (പെൺആട്) (മനുഷ്യനെ) മോചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; ശ്വേതപാദി—സ്വധാ.

अविःthe ewe; sheep
अविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअवि- (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
राजानःkings; rulers
राजानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
विभजन्तेthey apportion; distribute
विभजन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भज् (भजँ सेवायाम्/विभागे) + वि-
इष्टापूर्तस्यof the meritorious works (sacrifices and charitable acts)
इष्टापूर्तस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootइष्टापूर्त- (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
षोडशम्the sixteenth (share/portion)
षोडशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषोडश- (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयम- (प्रातिपदिक)
अमीthese (those)
अमी:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअदस्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सभासदःassembly-sitters; members of the council
सभासदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसभासद्- (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अविःthe ewe; sheep
अविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअवि- (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मात्from that; from him/therefrom
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
मुञ्चतिreleases; sets free
मुञ्चति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुचँ मोक्षणे)
दत्तःgiven; bestowed
दत्तः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Sambandha
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√दा (डादाने/दाने) → दत्त (क्त)
शितिपात्from the ‘śitipāta’ (name/epithet; lit. ‘white-falling/white-clad’)
शितिपात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशितिपात- (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)
स्वधाSvadhā; the ancestral oblation-formula / self-power
स्वधा:
—
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)

Devata: Yama; Pitṛs (via svadhā)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (AV narrative-prose-like metricality; not securely determinable from excerpt)

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta

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