Atharva Veda 12.3.5: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यं वां॑ पि॒ता पच॑ति॒ यं च॑ मा॒ता रि॒प्रान्निर्मु॑क्त्यै॒ शम॑लाच्च वा॒चः । स ओ॑द॒नः श॒तधा॑रः स्व॒र्ग उ॒भे व्याऽप नभ॑सी महि॒त्वा

IAST Transliteration

yáṁ vā́ṁ pitā́ pácati yáṁ ca mātā́ riprā́n nirmúktyai śámalāc ca vā́caḥ | sá odanáḥ śatádhāraḥ svargá ubhé vy-ā́pa nábhasī mahitvā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That which your Father cooketh for you, and that which also your Mother—unto release from blemish and from sin, and from the fault of speech—that porridge, hundred-streamed, heaven-winning, hath with its majesty filled both the firmaments.

Translation

Apa yang dimasak Bapamu untuk kamu, dan apa yang juga dimasak Ibumu—demi pelepasan daripada noda dan daripada dosa, dan daripada kecacatan kata-kata—bubur (odana) itu, berarus seratus, pemenang syurga, dengan kebesarannya memenuhi kedua cakrawala.

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Word by Word

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पचति: cooks
• पचति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पाक)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माता: the mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिप्रान्: the defiled/impure ones (pollutions)
• रिप्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• निर्मुक्त्यै: for release/deliverance
• निर्मुक्त्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √मुच् + नि + क्ति)

• शमलात्: from sin/taint
• शमलात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमल (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वाचः: of speech/utterance
• वाचः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: that/he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनः: the cooked rice/porridge (oblation-food)
• ओदनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतधारः: having a hundred streams (abundantly flowing)
• शतधारः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-धार (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष)

• स्वर्गः: heavenly / leading to heaven
• स्वर्गः: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभे: both
• उभे: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्याप: pervaded/filled
• व्याप: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (व्याप्तौ) + वि (उपसर्ग) → व्याप् (धातु-आदेश)

• नभसी: the two firmaments/expanses
• नभसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महित्वा: by (his) greatness / in greatness
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract) used adverbially
• Root: महित्व (प्रातिपदिक; √मह्/मंह् + इत्व) अथवा ‘महित्व’ (भाव) + तृतीया

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Odana as sacralized offering; implicit svarga and cosmic ‘nabhases’.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh tendency (confirm by syllable count).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna