Atharva Veda 8.2.22 - Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

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Atharva Veda 8.2.22: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श॒रदे॑ त्वा हेम॒न्ताय॑ वस॒न्ताय॑ ग्री॒ष्माय॒ परि॑ दद्मसि । व॒र्षाणि॒ तुभ्यं॑ स्यो॒नानि॒ येषु॒ वर्ध॑न्त॒ ओष॑धीः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.2.22

IAST Transliteration

śaráde tvā hemantā́ya vasantā́ya grīṣmā́ya pári dadmasi | varṣā́ṇi túbhyaṃ syōnā́ni yéṣu várdhante óṣadhīḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Autumn thee, to Winter, to the Spring, to Summer do we wholly commit. Years, kindly and benign, be thine—those in which the healing plants wax and prosper.

Translation

ശരദൃതുവിനും, ഹേമന്തത്തിനും, വസന്തത്തിനും, ഗ്രീഷ്മത്തിനും—നിന്നെ പൂർണ്ണമായി ഏല്പിക്കുന്നു. നിനക്കുള്ള വർഷങ്ങൾ സുഖകരവും മംഗളകരവും ആയിരിക്കട്ടെ—അവയിൽ ഓഷധി (ഔഷധസസ്യങ്ങൾ) വളർന്ന് പുഷ്ടിയാർജിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

शरदेto/for the autumn

त्वाyou (thee)

हेमन्तायto/for the winter

वसन्तायto/for the spring

ग्रीष्मायto/for the summer

परिaround; wholly (as verbal prefix)

दद्मसिwe give / we assign

वर्षाणिrains; rainy seasons

तुभ्यम्to/for you

स्योनानिkindly, pleasant, auspicious

येषुin which

वर्धन्तेthey grow; they thrive

ओषधीःherbs; medicinal plants

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Āyusya hymn-cycle).

Devata: Kāla/Ṛtu-order implicitly; Oṣadhīs as healing agents (personified).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic seasonal formula).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

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