Atharva Veda 6.82.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 82, Mantra 3

Sukta 82

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्ते॑ऽङ्कु॒शो व॑सु॒दानो॑ बृ॒हन्नि॑न्द्र हिर॒ण्ययः॑ । तेना॑ जनीय॒ते जा॒यां मह्यं॑ धेहि शचीपते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.82.3

IAST Transliteration

yás te ’ṅkuśó vasudā́no bṛhán índra hiraṇyáyaḥ | ténā janīyáte jāyā́ṃ máhyaṃ dhehi śacī́pate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That golden goad of thine, O Indra—great, wealth-bestowing—therewith procure a wife, and bestow her upon me, O Lord of Śacī.

Translation

Cemeti emasmu itu, wahai Indra—besar, pemberi kekayaan—dengannya perolehkanlah seorang isteri, dan kurniakanlah dia kepadaku, wahai Śacīpati.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your (of you)
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तदादेशः ‘ते’

• अङ्कुशः: goad, hook (goading implement)
• अङ्कुशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुदानः: wealth-giving
• वसुदानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसु-द (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth-giving’)

• बृहन्: great, lofty
• बृहन्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्ययः: golden
• हिरण्ययः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘golden’)

• तेन: with that, by means of that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनीयते: is generated/produced
• जनीयते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनेँ) / causative-base जनय- → passive

• जायाम्: a wife
• जायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मह्यम्: to me, for me
• मह्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place, bestow
• धेहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (डुधाञ् धारण-पोषणयोः)

• शचीपते: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• शचीपते: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शची-पति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lord of Śacī’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (domestic charm corpus)

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: vira