Atharva Veda 12.1.63: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 1, Mantra 63

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूमे॑ मात॒र्नि धे॑हि मा भ॒द्रया॒ सुप्र॑तिष्ठितम्। सं॒वि॒दा॒ना दि॒वा क॑वे श्रि॒यां मा॑ धेहि॒ भूत्या॑म्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.1.63

IAST Transliteration

bhū́me mā́tar ní dhehi mā bhadráyā súpratiṣṭhitam | saṃvidā́nā divā́ kave śríyaṃ mā dhehi bhū́tyām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Earth, O Mother, set me down in auspicious wise, well-founded and secure. In concord with the Sky, O Sage, bestow on me prosperity, in thriving and increase.

Translation

Wahai Bumi, wahai Ibu, letakkanlah aku dengan cara yang berkat, berasas teguh dan aman. Dalam kesepakatan dengan Langit, wahai Kawi (Sang Bijaksana), kurniakanlah kepadaku kemakmuran—dalam subur dan bertambah.

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Word by Word

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातः: O mother
• मातः: सम्बोधन (apposition to भूमे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण (directional/ingressive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• धेहि: place; set; put
• धेहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (डुधाञ् धारण-पोषणयोः)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• भद्रया: with auspicious (power/fortune)
• भद्रया: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुप्रतिष्ठितम्: well-established; firmly founded
• सुप्रतिष्ठितम्: कर्म-विशेषण / विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: सु- + प्रति-√स्था → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त); प्रातिपदिक: सुप्रतिष्ठित-

• संविदाना: being in accord; harmonizing; agreeing
• संविदाना: कर्तृ-विशेषण (describing the addressed Earth)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने) → संविदान (कृदन्त/वर्तमानकृदन्त, आत्मनेपदी); प्रातिपदिक: संविदान-

• दिवा: by day; in the daytime
• दिवा: अधिकरण (temporal) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक: दिव् ‘day’)

• कवे: O sage; O seer
• कवे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रियम्: splendour; prosperity
• श्रियम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म (recipient of placing: ‘place … on/into me’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• धेहि: place; bestow
• धेहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (डुधाञ् धारण-पोषणयोः)

• भूत्याम्: in prosperity; in thriving (condition)
• भूत्याम्: अधिकरण (state/condition) / निमित्त
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Pṛthivī-sūkta tradition (variable anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth), with Heaven (Dyu) as implicit counterpart.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (shorter, 8-syllable tendency; metrical exactness depends on recension).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta