Atharva Veda 4.4.8: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 8

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अश्व॑स्याश्वत॒रस्या॒जस्य॒ पेत्व॑स्य च । अथ॑ ऋष॒भस्य॒ ये वाजा॒स्तान॒स्मिन्धे॑हि तनूवशिन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.4.8

IAST Transliteration

áśvasya aśvatarásyā́jasya pétvasya ca | átha ṛṣabhásya yé vā́jās tā́n asmín dhehi tanūváśin ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The strengths of the Horse, the Mule, the Goat, and of the Ram; and then the prizes of the Bull—those, O body-master, do thou implant within this one.

Translation

അശ്വത്തിന്റെ, അശ്വതര (ഖച്ചർ)ത്തിന്റെ, അജ (ആട്)ത്തിന്റെ, പേത്വ (മേട)ത്തിന്റെ ശക്തികൾ; പിന്നെ ഋഷഭ (വൃഷഭ)ന്റെ വാജങ്ങൾ (വിജയ-പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ)—ഹേ തനൂവശിൻ (ദേഹാധിപതി), അവയെല്ലാം ഈയാളിൽ സ്ഥാപിക്കണമേ.

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Word by Word

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वतरस्य: of the mule
• अश्वतरस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजस्य: of the goat
• अजस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• पेत्वस्य: of the ram (pétva)
• पेत्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेत्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पेत्व’ = मेष/भेड़-प्रकार, a ram/sheep term in Vedic usage)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अथ: then; moreover
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ऋषभस्य: of the bull
• ऋषभस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which; those (who/that)
• ये: कर्तृ (वाक्ये ‘वाजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजाः: vigours; strengths; vital powers
• वाजाः: कर्तृ (आह्वान/आदेश-वाक्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this (one); in him
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place; put; bestow
• धेहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• तनूवशिन्: O controller/master of the body
• तनूवशिन्: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: तनू-वशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/उपपद-समास: ‘तनू’ + ‘वशिन्’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa

Devata: Tanūvaśin (body-governing power) / Bala-Vīrya (strength as quasi-deity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta