Atharva Veda 8.2.13: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒ग्नेष्टे॑ प्रा॒णम॒मृता॒दायु॑ष्मतो वन्वे जा॒तवे॑दसः । यथा॒ न रिष्या॑ अ॒मृतः॑ स॒जूरस॒स्तत् ते॑ कृणोमि॒ तदु॑ ते॒ समृ॑ध्यताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.2.13

IAST Transliteration

agné te prāṇám amṛtā́d ā́yuṣmato vanve jātávedasaḥ | yáthā ná riṣyā́ amṛtáḥ sajū́rasaḥ tát te kṛṇomi tád u te samṛ́dhyatām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Agni, from the deathless, from the life-endowed, I seek to win thy breath, O Jātavedas; so that thou suffer no hurt—deathless, in firm accord—this I establish for thee; yea, let that for thee be brought to full success.

Translation

ഹേ അഗ്നേ, ഹേ ജാതവേദസേ, അമൃതത്തിൽ നിന്നുമും ആയുഷ്മാന്മാരിൽ നിന്നുമും ഞാൻ നിന്റെ പ്രാണത്തെ നേടാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നു; നിനക്ക് യാതൊരു ഹാനിയും വരാതിരിക്കട്ടെ—അമൃതനായി, ദൃഢമായ ഏകസുരത്തിൽ—ഇത് ഞാൻ നിനക്കായി സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു; അതു നിനക്കായി പൂർണ്ണസിദ്ധിയിലേക്കെത്തട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• प्राणम्: breath, life-force
• प्राणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण

• अमृतात्: from the deathless (nectar/immortality)
• अमृतात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अमृत

• आयुष्मतः: from the long-lived/possessed of life
• आयुष्मतः: अपादान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मत्

• वन्वे: I seek / I strive to obtain
• वन्वे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (वन्व्) / √वन् (to seek, strive for)

• जातवेदसः: of Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस्

• यथा: so that / just as
• यथा: सम्बन्ध (clausal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• रिष्याः: may you not be harmed / do not perish
• रिष्याः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रिष् (to be harmed, perish)

• अमृतः: deathless
• अमृतः: कर्तृ (of ‘रिष्याः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत

• सजूरसः: together, in one accord / simultaneously
• सजूरसः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable/Adverbial (Vedic) / Adjective
• Root: सजूरस् (स- + जूरस् ‘together/at once’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• कृणोमि: I do / I make
• कृणोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्तृ (of ‘समृद्ध्यताम्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• उ: indeed / and
• उ: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• समृद्ध्यताम्: may it prosper / may it be fulfilled
• समृद्ध्यताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√ऋध् (वृद्धौ/समृद्धौ)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (āyuṣya corpus; specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (as healer and life-restorer).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta