Atharva Veda 4.7.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ते॒ मदं॑ मदावति श॒रमि॑व पातयामसि । प्र त्वा॑ च॒रुमि॑व॒ येष॑न्तं॒ वच॑सा स्थापयामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.7.4

IAST Transliteration

ví te mádaṃ madāvati śarám iva pātayāmasi | prá tvā carúm iva yéṣantaṃ vácasā sthāpayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy frenzy, O maddening one, we smite down as an arrow: thee, though seething, we set firm by speech, as one setteth a cooked oblation in its place.

Translation

ഹേ മദാവതി (മത്തുണ്ടാക്കുന്നവളേ), നിന്റെ മദം/ഉന്മാദം ഞങ്ങൾ അമ്പുപോലെ താഴെയിറക്കി വീഴ്ത്തുന്നു. ഹേ കുതിയുന്ന (ക്ഷുബ്ധ) നിന്നെ, വാക്കിന്റെ ശക്തിയാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ഉറപ്പായി സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു—ചരു (പാകമായ ഹവിസ്) അതിന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്ത് വെക്കുന്നപോലെ.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, away; forth (as preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / √वि (विभज्) (as preverb)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मदम्: intoxication, frenzy, exhilaration
• मदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदावति: O intoxication-bearing one / O (female) possessing intoxication
• मदावति: सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरम्: arrow
• शरम्: कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पातयामसि: we cause to fall / we cast down
• पातयामसि: कर्तृ (वयं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (पतने) + णिच् (पातय-)

• प्र: forth, forward (as preverb)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• चरुम्: cooked offering; porridge (oblation)
• चरुम्: कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• येषन्तम्: striving, pressing on, eager
• येषन्तम्: कर्म (त्वा—विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √यस्/येष् (प्रयत्न/उद्यमे; ‘to strive/press on’) (present participle stem येषन्त्)

• वचसा: with speech, by an utterance
• वचसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थापयामसि: we cause to stand; we establish, set in place
• स्थापयामसि: कर्तृ (वयं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) + णिच् (स्थापय-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (variable by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Mada (personified frenzy) / Vāc as efficacious power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira