Atharva Veda 3.30.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 5

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्याय॑स्वन्तश्चि॒त्तिनो॒ मा वि यौ॑ष्ट संरा॒धय॑न्तः॒ सधु॑रा॒श्चर॑न्तः । अ॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्मै॑ व॒ल्गु वद॑न्त॒ एत॑ सध्री॒चीना॑न् वः॒ संम॑नसस्कृणोमि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.30.5

IAST Transliteration

jyā́yasvantaś cittíno mā ví yauṣṭ saṃrā́dhayantaḥ sadhurā́ś cárantaḥ | anyó anyásmai valgú vádanta etá sadhrīcī́nān vaḥ saṃmánasaḥ kṛṇomi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the overbearing, the plotters, go ye asunder—those who, moving in one band, seek to win men over; who, one to another, speak fair-sounding words: thus do I make you concordant, of one mind.

Translation

അധികദർപ്പമുള്ളവരും കുതന്ത്രം ചെയ്യുന്നവരും—ഒരേ കൂട്ടമായി സഞ്ചരിച്ചു മനുഷ്യരെ സ്വന്തവശത്തിലാക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നവരും, പരസ്പരം മധുരവാക്കുകൾ പറയുന്നവരും—നിങ്ങൾ പിരിഞ്ഞുപോകരുത്. ഇങ്ങനെ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളെ സധ്രീചീന (ഒരേ ദിശയിൽ തിരിഞ്ഞ) ഏകോപിതരാക്കി, ഒരുമനസ്സുള്ളവരാക്കുന്നു.

The meaning

What it says

A speaker prevents a potentially factional group—overbearing plotters who move as a band and use flattering speech—from splitting; he makes them concordant and of one mind.

The inner meaning

Recognizes the psychology of manipulation: charm-words and clique movement that fracture trust. The mantra installs a counter-force—shared mind (saṃ-manas)—so the group does not polarize or disperse into competing narratives.

The truth in it

Communities are vulnerable to persuasive factions and flattering rhetoric; stability arises when a shared intention and transparent cooperation override covert plotting.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Paustika (Prosperity / Social Concord)

Its aim

To prevent schism and factionalism; to produce unanimity and cooperative conduct within a group (household, village, or assembly).

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Pada patha

ज्यायस्वन्तः । चित्तिनः । मा । वि । यौष्ट । सं-राधयन्तः । सधुराः । चरन्तः । अन्यः । अन्यस्मै । वल्गु । वदन्तः । एत । सध्रीचीनान् । वः । सम्-मनसः । कृणोमि

ज्यायस्वन्तः

being superior/strongerbeing superior/overbearing; (here) those who would domineer and create factionAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot ज्यायस् (प्रातिपदिक; ज्यायस् ‘श्रेष्ठ/अधिक’) + वन्त् (मतुप्)

चित्तिनः

thoughtful, intelligentplotters, schemers; those of devising mind (malicious counsel)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot चित्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चेतन/विचक्षण’)

मा

do notdo not; prohibitive particle used for warding-offIndeclinableनिषेध (prohibitive particle)Root मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

वि

apart, asunderasunder, apart; marker of dissociation (ritually: dispersal of discord)Indeclinableउपसर्ग (prefix)Root वि (उपसर्ग)

यौष्ट

(you) should join/attach (here: split asunder)you (pl.) should go apart/separate (injunctive sense); ‘do not split’ is implied with mā + viVerbलोट् (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदRole क्रियाRoot युज् (धातु; ‘योजने/संयोगे’)

संराधयन्तः

accomplishing, bringing to successseeking to win over/bring under control; (here) currying favour to form cliquesVerbवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot सम् + राध् (धातु; ‘सिद्धौ/आराधने’)

सधुराः

yoke-fellows, companionssharing one yoke/one team; (figuratively) acting as a bandNoun/Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot सधुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘साथ-साथ धुर वहने वाले/सहयोक्‍ता’)

चरन्तः

moving, behaving, going aboutmoving about, behaving; (here) going about in concertVerbवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot चर् (धातु; ‘गत्यर्थे/आचरणे’)

अन्यः

one (person)one (person) to another; mutuality markerPronounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot अन्य (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

अन्यस्मै

to anotherto another; dative of reciprocal addressPronounपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचनRole सम्प्रदानRoot अन्य (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

वल्गु

pleasantly, sweetlypleasant, fair-sounding; (here) honeyed speech used to enticeAdjective (used adverbially)नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/अव्ययीभाववत् (क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग)Root वल्गु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सुन्दर/मधुर’)

वदन्त

speakingVerbवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनRole कर्तृRoot वद् (धातु; ‘भाषणे’)

एत

thesethus, in this manner; deictic particle concluding the descriptionPronounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole कर्मRoot एतद् (सर्वनाम; वैदिक रूप ‘एत’)

सध्रीचीनान्

mutually facing, concordantturned in the same direction; concordant, harmonized (key social-ritual term)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole कर्मRoot सध्रीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘एकदिश/एकमुख’)

वः

you (plural)of you/for you (plural); the addressed community/household/assemblyPronounषष्ठी (genitive) / द्वितीया (enclitic) बहुवचन; अत्र ‘वः’ = ‘you (pl.)’ (object)Role कर्मRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

संमनसः

of one mind, harmoniousAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनRole कर्मRoot सम् + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मन’) → संमनस् (‘एकमनस्/एकचित्त’)

कृणोमि

I makeI make, I effect; performative speech-act of the Atharvan priestVerbलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदRole क्रियाRoot कृ (धातु; ‘करणे’)

Sandhi Notes

• ज्यायस्वन्तः चित्तिनः मा वि यौष्ट । सं-राधयन्तः सधुराः चरन्तः । अन्यः अन्यस्मै वल्गु वदन्तः । एत(एतान्) सध्रीचीनान् वः सं-मनसः कृणोमि । मुख्य सन्धि/रूप-टिप्पणी:
• (1) ‘ज्यायस्वन्तश्चित्तिनो’ = ‘ज्यायस्वन्तः + चित्तिनः’ (विसर्ग-लोप/व्यञ्जन-सन्धि).
• (2) ‘यौष्ट’ वैदिक लोट्-रूप (युज् धातोः) — निषेध ‘मा’ के साथ ‘मा … यौष्ट’ = ‘मत् …’ (prohibitive).
• (3) ‘एत’ वैदिक रूप
• पद्य में ‘एत’ = ‘एतान्’ (द्वितीया बहुवचन) का संक्षिप्त/वैदिक प्रयोग माना जाता है.
• (4) ‘संम॑नसस्कृणोमि’ = ‘संमनसः + कृणोमि’ (अ + क् संधि; उच्चारण में संयोग)

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (concord hymn; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata

Saṃmanas (Concord/Unanimity) as functional ‘deity’; implicitly the social body under Atharvanic control

Chandas

Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV social/apotropaic verses; metrical exactness may vary by pada)

Rasa

Shanta and Vira

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