Atharva Veda 5.27.4: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 4

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अछा॒यमे॑ति॒ शव॑सा घृ॒ता चि॒दीडा॑नो॒ वह्नि॒र्नम॑सा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.27.4

IAST Transliteration

achā́yám eti śávasā ghṛtā́ cid ī́ḍāno vahnír námāsā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither this bearer advances with might—ghee-fed indeed—praised with reverence.

Translation

ഇവിടേക്ക് ഈ വഹിക്കുന്നവൻ (വഹ്നി) ശക്തിയോടെ മുന്നേറുന്നു—ഘൃതംകൊണ്ട് പോഷിതനായവൻ തന്നേ—നമസ്കാരത്തോടെ സ്തുതിക്കപ്പെട്ടവൻ।

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Word by Word

• अच्छा: towards, hither
• अच्छा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (अव्यय)

• आ: unto, towards
• आ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• यम्: whom/which (acc. sg.)
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: goes, comes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• शवसा: with strength, by might
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृता: with ghee
• घृता: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• ईडानः: praising, lauding
• ईडानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: ईड्/ईळ् (धातु) → ईडान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वह्निः: the bearer; (often) Agni/fire
• वह्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमसा: with reverence, with homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni (Vahni aspect)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (short, compact line)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta