Atharva Veda 12.2.21: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 21

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परं॑ मृत्यो॒ अनु॒ परे॑हि॒ पन्थां॒ यस्त॑ ए॒ष इत॑रो देव॒याना॑त्। चक्षु॑ष्मते शृण्व॒ते ते॑ ब्रवीमी॒हेमे वी॒रा ब॒हवो॑ भवन्तु

IAST Transliteration

paráṃ mṛtyór ánu párehi pánthāṃ yás ta eṣá ítaro devayā́nāt | cákṣuṣmate śṛṇvaté te bravīmī́heme vīrā́ bahávo bhavantu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Far from Death, go thou forth upon thy path—the path that is for thee, this other, apart from the gods’ way. To him that hath sight and heareth I speak: here may these heroes be, and many may they become.

Translation

Jauh daripada Maut, majulah menurut jalanmu—jalan yang bagimu ini, yang lain, terpisah daripada jalan para dewa. Kepada yang bermata dan yang mendengar aku berkata: di sini semoga para wira ini ada, dan semoga mereka menjadi ramai.

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Word by Word

• परम्: further on, beyond
• परम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) / पर (अव्यय-प्रयोग)

• मृत्यो: O Death
• मृत्यो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)

• परेहि: go away, depart
• परेहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• पन्थाम्: (your) path, way
• पन्थाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ्/पन्थन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who, which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इतरः: other, different
• इतरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयानात्: from the path of the gods (divine way)
• देवयानात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयान (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यान)

• चक्षुष्मते: to the one who has sight
• चक्षुष्मते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्षुष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृण्वते: to the one who is listening
• शृण्वते: Sampradāna
• Type: Participle
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रवीमि: I speak, I declare
• ब्रवीमि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• इहेमे: here these
• इहेमे: Adhikaraṇa + Kartā
• Type: Indeclinable + Pronoun
• Root: इह (अव्यय) + इमे (इदम्-सर्वनाम)

• वीराः: heroes, men
• वीराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवन्तु: may (they) become / may there be
• भवन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Mṛtyu (as adversary addressed); implicit protection by the gods’ order (devayāna)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta