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Atharva Veda 9.3.16: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 16

Sukta 3

ऊर्ज॑स्वती॒ पय॑स्वती पृथि॒व्यां निमि॑ता मि॒ता। वि॒श्वा॒न्नं बिभ्र॑ती शाले॒ मा हिं॑सीः प्रतिगृह्ण॒तः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.3.16

ū́rjasvatī páyasvatī pṛthivyā́ṃ nimítā mitā́ | viśvā́nnaṃ bíbhratī śā́le mā́ hiṃsīḥ pratigṛhṇatáḥ ||

Rich in vital strength, rich in milk, on Earth duly measured out and measured; bearing all manner of food, O Hall—harm not him that takes thee to himself.

ഊർജസ്വതീ, പയസ്വതീ—പൃഥിവിയിൽ യഥാവിധി അളന്ന് നിശ്ചയിക്കപ്പെട്ടും അളക്കപ്പെട്ടും ഉള്ളവളേ; സർവ്വവിധ അന്നവും ധരിക്കുന്നവളേ, ഹേ ശാലേ—നിന്നെ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നവനെ ഹിംസിക്കരുത്.

ऊर्जस्वतीendowed with strength/nourishment
ऊर्जस्वती:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्जस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पयस्वतीabounding in milk/juice
पयस्वती:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
निमिताmeasured out; apportioned
निमिता:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Past Passive Participle) / Adjective
Rootनि + मा (धातु) → निमित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
मिताmeasured
मिता:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Past Passive Participle) / Adjective
Rootमा (धातु) → मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वान्नम्all food; every kind of nourishment
विश्वान्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootविश्व + अन्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
बिभ्रतीbearing; carrying
बिभ्रती:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeParticiple (Present Active) / Adjective
Rootभृ (धातु) → बिभ्रत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
शालेO house/storehouse (granary)
शाले:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootशाला (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
हिंसीःharm (you)
हिंसीः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहिंस् (धातु)
प्रतिगृह्णतःof the one who receives/accepts
प्रतिगृह्णतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
TypeParticiple (Present Active)
Rootप्रति + ग्रह् (धातु) → प्रतिगृह्णत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to Śālā; seer attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Śālā (the Hall/Dwelling), with Earth as supporting power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh cadence)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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