Atharva Veda 3.14.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 6

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मया॑ गावो॒ गोप॑तिना सचध्वम॒यं वो॑ गो॒ष्ठ इ॒ह पो॑षयि॒ष्णुः । रा॒यस्पोषे॑ण बहु॒ला भव॑न्तीर्जी॒वा जीव॑न्ती॒रुप॑ वः सदेम

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.14.6

IAST Transliteration

máyā gā́vo gopátinā sacadhvam ayáṃ vó goṣṭhá ihá póṣayiṣṇúḥ | rāyás-póṣeṇa bahulā́ bhavantīr jīvá jī́vantīr úpa vaḥ sadema

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By me, O cows, cleave with the cow-lord: this is your stall, here fostering increase. With the thriving of wealth become ye abundant—alive and living on; near you may we sit in attendance.

Translation

Dengan aku, wahai lembu-lembu, berpautlah pada gopati (tuan lembu); inilah kandangmu, di sini yang memupuk pertambahan. Dengan pemeliharaan-kemakmuran (rāyas-poṣa) jadilah kamu berlimpah—hidup dan terus hidup; dekat kamu semoga kami duduk berkhidmat.

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Word by Word

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (अहम्-प्रातिपदिक) → मद्

• गावः: the cows
• गावः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोपतिना: with the cow-lord / with the herdsman (protector of cows)
• गोपतिना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचध्वम्: join (yourselves) / keep company
• सचध्वम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) ‘सचँ/सच्—सहचर्ये, संयोगे’

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्तृ/विशेष्यनिर्देश
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोस्थः: the cowshed / cow-stall
• गोस्थः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) < गो + स्थ (स्थान)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• पोषयिष्णुः: nourishing / promoting prosperity
• पोषयिष्णुः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पोषयिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) < √पुष् (धातु) ‘पुषँ—पोषणे’

• रायः: of wealth
• रायः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पोषेण: with nourishment / with thriving
• पोषेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष (प्रातिपदिक) < √पुष्

• बहुलाः: abundant / many
• बहुलाः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवन्ति: they become / they are
• भवन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) ‘भू—सत्तायाम्’

• जीवाः: living / alive
• जीवाः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवन्तीः: living, continuing to live
• जीवन्तीः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (present participle)
• Root: √जीव् (धातु) ‘जीवँ—प्राणधारणे’

• उप: near / towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदेम: may we sit / may we abide
• सदेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (धातु) ‘षदँ—आसने/उपवेशने’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic transmission (paustika cycle)

Devata: Pausti (prosperity), Goṣṭha/Go (cattle) as functional devatā; implicit protective lordship (gopati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta