Atharva Veda 15.4.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 8

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वार्षि॑कौ॒ मासौ॑ गो॒प्तारा॒वकु॑र्वन् वैरू॒पं च॑ वैरा॒जं चा॑नुष्ठा॒तारौ॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.4.8

IAST Transliteration

vārṣí̱kau mā́sau goptā́rāv ákurvan vairūpáṃ ca vairājáṃ cā̀nuṣṭhātā́rau

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The two months of the Rains appointed as guardians Vairūpa and Vairāja, as the two executors of the rite.

Translation

Dua bulan musim hujan ditetapkan sebagai para penjaga—Vairūpa dan Vairāja—sebagai dua pelaksana upacara.

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Word by Word

• वार्षिकौ: the two annual (ones)
• वार्षिकौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + ठक्/इक प्रत्यय) अथवा वर्षिक (वर्ष-सम्बन्धी)

• मासौ: two months
• मासौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोप्तारौ: two protectors/guardians
• गोप्तारौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent) / Adjective
• Root: गोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गुप् ‘to protect’ से तृन्)

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they performed
• अकुर्वन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• वैरूपम्: the ‘Vairūpa’ (rite/form)
• वैरूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun / Adjective (as substantive)
• Root: वैरूप (प्रातिपदिक; विरूप-सम्बन्धी)

• च: and
• च: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वैराजम्: the ‘Vairāja’ (rite/form)
• वैराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun / Adjective (as substantive)
• Root: वैराज (प्रातिपदिक; विराज-सम्बन्धी)

• च: and
• च: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अनुष्ठातारौ: two performers/undertakers (of rites)
• अनुष्ठातारौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अनुष्ठातृ (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-√स्था ‘to undertake/perform’ से तृन्)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Prajāpati/Skambha-type speculation in AV 15 (exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī; needs full hymn apparatus).

Devata: Kāla (Time/Year) and directional guardians personified as Vairūpa and Vairāja.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style; not a strict Ṛgvedic meter in these cataloguing lines.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta