Atharva Veda 5.12.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 3

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒जुह्वा॑न॒ ईड्यो॒ बन्द्य॒श्चा या॑ह्यग्ने॒ वसु॑भिः स॒जोषाः॑ । त्वं दे॒वाना॑मसि यह्व॒ होता॒ स ए॑नान् यक्षीषि॒तो यजी॑यान्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.12.3

IAST Transliteration

ā́juhvāna ī́ḍyo bándyaś cá ā́ yāhy agne vásubhiḥ sajóṣāḥ | tváṃ devā́nām asi yáhva hótā sá enān yakṣīṣitó yájīyān

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having made oblation, worthy of praise and reverence, come hither, O Agni, with the Vasus in one accord. Thou art the gods’ impetuous Hotar: from hence do thou sacrifice unto these, the more worship-worthy.

Translation

ആജുഹ്വാന (ആഹുതി അർപ്പിച്ച്), ഈഡ്യവും ബന്ദ്യവും (സ്തുതിക്കും വന്ദനത്തിനും യോഗ്യൻ) ആയ നീ, ഹേ അഗ്നേ, വസുക്കളോടൊപ്പം സജോഷാഃ (ഏകമനസ്സോടെ) ഇവിടെ വരിക. നീ ദേവന്മാരുടെ യഹ്വ ഹോതാ (ഉത്സാഹിയായ ഹോതൃ) ആകുന്നു; ഇവിടെ നിന്ന് നീ ഇവർക്കായി യജിക്കുക—കൂടുതൽ യജീയാൻ (അത്യന്തം യജ്ഞാർഹ) ആയ ദേവന്മാർക്കായി.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• जुह्वानः: offering, sacrificing (while pouring oblations)
• जुह्वानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → जुह्वान (शतृ)

• ईड्यः: praiseworthy
• ईड्यः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईड्य (प्रातिपदिक; √ईड्/ईळ् ‘to praise’ से)

• बन्द्यः: to be praised, venerable
• बन्द्यः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वन्द् ‘to praise, salute’ से)

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

• या: O! (vocative particle)
• या: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: या (अव्यय)

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• इहि: come!
• इहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुभिः: with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजोषाः: in companionship, together (harmoniously)
• सजोषाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; स- + जोष ‘delight, companionship’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• यह्वः: mighty, impetuous
• यह्वः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यह्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: Hotṛ-priest, invoker
• होता: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he / that one (you)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनान्: these (ones)
• एनान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘these’)

• यक्षि: worship / offer (sacrifice)
• यक्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• इषितः: impelled, commissioned
• इषितः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष् (धातु) → इषित (कृदन्त)

• यजीयान्: more worthy of worship, more sacrificial
• यजीयान्: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् से) → यजीयस् (तुलनात्मक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally aligned with RV-style Agni liturgy; AV attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition (often Angiras/Atharvanic transmission for this kanda).

Devata: Agni (with the Vasus as accompanying deities).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (RV-liturgical style; AV often preserves RV meters in such sequences).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta