Atharva Veda 16.2.3: Kanda 16, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप॑हूतो मे गो॒पाः उप॑हूतो गोपी॒थः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 16.2.3

IAST Transliteration

upáhūto me gopā́ḥ upáhūto gopī́thaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Invoked for me is the Herdsman-guard; invoked is the cow-shelter.

Translation

Yang diseru untukku ialah Sang Penjaga Gembala; yang diseru ialah tempat lindung bagi lembu-lembu.

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Word by Word

• उप॑हूतः: (I am) invoked / called upon
• उप॑हूतः: कर्तृ (as predicate agreeing with implied subject ‘अहम्’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: उप-√ह्वा (ह्वे) → उपहूत (PPP)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (possessor/relational)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• गो॒पाः: cow-protectors, herdsmen, guardians
• गो॒पाः: कर्ता (understood: ‘the cowherds/protectors [are invoked]’ or appositional subject in the charm)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपा (प्रातिपदिक; गो + पा ‘protector’)

• उप॑हूतः: (I am) invoked / called upon
• उप॑हूतः: कर्तृ (as predicate agreeing with implied subject ‘अहम्’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: उप-√ह्वा (ह्वे) → उपहूत (PPP)

• गोपी॒थः: cow-shelter / cow-protection; a protector (of cattle)
• गोपी॒थः: कर्ता (nominative subject/apposition: ‘the गोपीथ is invoked’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपीथ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (requires Anukramaṇī consultation).

Devata: Gopā/Gopītha as protective power (possibly Indra or a guardian aspect, functionally).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira