Atharva Veda 2.35.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 5

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य॒ज्ञस्य॒ चक्षुः॒ प्रभृ॑ति॒र्मुखं॑ च वा॒चा श्रोत्रे॑ण॒ मन॑सा जुहोमि । इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं वित॑तं वि॒श्वक॑र्म॒णा दे॒वा य॑न्तु सुमन॒स्यमा॑नाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.35.5

IAST Transliteration

yajñásya cákṣuḥ prábhṛtir múkhaṃ ca vācā́ śrótreṇa mánasā juhomi | imáṃ yajñáṃ vítataṃ viśvákarmāṇā devā́ yántu sumanasyámānāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With speech, with hearing, with the mind I offer—the Sacrifice’s eye, its first beginning, and its mouth. Unto this Sacrifice, spread forth and duly fashioned by Viśvakarman, let the Gods come, graciously and of kindly thought.

Translation

Dengan ucapan, dengan pendengaran, dengan fikiran aku mempersembahkan: mata Yajña, permulaan asalnya, dan mulutnya. Kepada Yajña ini—yang terbentang luas dan disusun dengan sempurna oleh Viśvakarman—semoga para Dewa datang dengan ramah, dengan niat yang baik.

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Word by Word

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: (is) the eye
• चक्षुः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (as nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रभृतिः: the origin, beginning
• प्रभृतिः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (as nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखम्: the mouth
• मुखम्: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (as nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वाचाः: with speech
• वाचाः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रेण: with the ear / by hearing
• श्रोत्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहोमि: I offer (as oblation)
• जुहोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• विततम्: spread out, extended
• विततम्: कर्म (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-तन् (धातु) → वितत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वकर्मणा: by Viśvakarman (the all-maker)
• विश्वकर्मणा: करण/कर्तृ (agent-instrument in passive sense: ‘by Viśvakarman’)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्तु: let (them) come / may (they) go
• यन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• सुमनस्यमानाः: being well-disposed, gracious
• सुमनस्यमानाः: कर्तृ (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सु-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + √अस्/√मन्? → सुमनस्य (नामधातु/कृदन्त) + शानच्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this section; often treated as a general yajña-prayoga verse).

Devata: Viśvakarman and the collective Devāḥ (as recipients/approachers of the rite).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meters occur; this verse scans closer to a triṣṭubh/jagatī style rather than anuṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta