Atharva Veda 2.26.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 26, Mantra 5

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ ह॑रामि॒ गवां॑ क्षी॒रमाहा॑र्षं धा॒न्यं॑१ रस॑म्। आहृ॑ता अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा आ पत्नी॑रि॒दमस्त॑कम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.26.5

IAST Transliteration

ā hárāmi gávāṃ kṣīrám ā́hārṣaṃ dhā́nyaṃ rásam | ā́hṛtā asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ ā́ patnī́r idám ástakam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither I bring the milk of kine; hither have I brought the grain, the sap. Brought hither are our heroes; hither our wives—this homestead (is made ours).

Translation

Ke mari aku membawa susu lembu; ke mari telah kubawa bijirin, sari (rasa). Ke mari dibawa para wira kami; ke mari para isteri kami—rumah-tangga (astaka) ini menjadi milik kami.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (prefix: ‘to/unto’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• हरामि: I bring / I take (to myself)
• हरामि: Kartā (अहम्) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरति) + आ-

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• आहर्षम्: I brought / I have brought
• आहर्षम्: Kartā (अहम्) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरति) + आ-

• धान्यम्: grain, corn
• धान्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसम्: sap, juice; essence
• रसम्: Karma (appositional/coordinate object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहृताः: brought, fetched
• आहृताः: — (predicate/qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: आ-√हृ (हरति) → आहृत (क्त)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीराः: men, heroes
• वीराः: Kartā/subject (of implied ‘are’ / ‘have been brought’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• पत्नीः: wives
• पत्नीः: Karma (with implied verb ‘(we) bring/lead’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: — (deictic qualifier)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तकम्: home/household-seat; dwelling-place (lit. ‘resting-place’)
• अस्तकम्: Adhikaraṇa/locative-sense implied? (more likely: predicate ‘this is the home/household-seat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution typical for Paustika material (specific r̥ṣi as per Anukramaṇī to be confirmed for AV 2.26).

Devata: Puṣṭi/Śrī-like prosperity force expressed through food-essences (milk, grain, rasa); implicitly the household’s sustaining powers rather than a single named deva.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against pada-count in the Saunaka metrical listing).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara