Atharva Veda 3.31.8: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 8

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयु॑ष्मतामायु॒ष्कृतां॑ प्रा॒णेन॑ जीव॒ मा मृ॑थाः । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.31.8

IAST Transliteration

ā́yuṣmatām āyuṣkṛ́tāṃ prāṇéna jīva má mṛthāḥ | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmanā ví yákṣmeṇa samā́yuṣā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the breath of life, live thou—die not. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) in possession of a full term of life, among the long-lived, among the life-establishers.

Translation

പ്രാണശ്വാസത്തോടെ ജീവിക്ക; മരിക്കരുത്. എല്ലാ പാപ്മനോടും (ദുഷ്ടത/അപശകുനം) കൂടിയ ക്ഷയകരമായ യക്ഷ്മയെ ഞാൻ അകറ്റുന്നു; നിന്നെ പൂർണ്ണ ആയുസ്സിന്റെ അവകാശത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു—ദീർഘായുസ്സുള്ളവരിൽ, ആയുസ്സ് സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നവരിൽ.

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Word by Word

• आयुष्मताम्: of the long-lived / of those possessing lifespan
• आयुष्मताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आयुष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुष्कृताम्: of the life-prolongers / of those who make (one’s) life
• आयुष्कृताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आयुष्कृत् (आयुस् + कृत्; प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणेन: with/through the vital breath
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीव: live!
• जीव: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव्

• मा: do not
• मा: (क्रिया-निषेध) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• मृथाः: die (you should not die)
• मृथाः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (मरणे)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: (क्रिया-विशेषण) —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• सर्वेण: with all, wholly
• सर्वेण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप्मना: with evil / with sin / with malignity
• पाप्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: away
• वि: (क्रिया-विशेषण) —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• यक्ष्मेण: with disease/consumption (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: (क्रिया-विशेषण) —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• आयुषा: with lifespan / with life
• आयुषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Prāṇa and Āyus (functional deities), with yakṣma as the adversarial disease-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant healing-meter; cadence supports imperative commands).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira