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Atharva Veda 7.18.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 1

Sukta 18

दवृष्टिः। प्र न॑भस्व पृथिवि भि॒न्द्धी॒३दं दि॒व्यं नभः॑ । उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॑ नो धात॒रीशा॑नो॒ वि ष्या॒ दृति॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.18.1

prá nabhasva pṛthivi bhinddhī́daṁ divyáṁ nábhaḥ | udnó divyásya no dhātár ī́śāno ví ṣyā dṛtím

O cloud, forth! O Earth, cleave this heavenly cloud. From the heavenly water, for us—O Dhātṛ, sovereign—open wide the waterskin.

Wahai awan, majulah! Wahai Bumi, belahkan awan samawi ini. Daripada air samawi itu, untuk kami—wahai Dhātṛ, Yang Berdaulat—bukalah luas pundi-pundi airnya.

दवृष्टिः(evil/untimely) rain; bad rainfall
दवृष्टिः:
Kartā (वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य-रूपेण) अथवा संबोधन-प्रायः
TypeNoun
Rootदवृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दु/दुर्वृष्टि’ प्रकारः) अथवा ‘द-’ उपसर्गयुक्त ‘वृष्टि-’
प्रforth; forward; intensifier
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नभस्वO cloud/sky(-one); O rain-cloud
नभस्व:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनभस्- (प्रातिपदिक) / ‘नभस्वत्’ संबोधन-रूप
पृथिविO Earth
पृथिवि:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
भिन्धिsplit; cleave
भिन्धि:
क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्ता = त्वम् (सम्बोधितः)
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (छेदने)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिव्यम्heavenly; celestial
दिव्यम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य- (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव्/द्युत्
नभःsky; cloud; firmament
नभः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्नःof water
उद्नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of water’)
TypeNoun
Rootउदन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’
दिव्यस्यof the heavenly
दिव्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (to/for us) अथवा सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धातplace; set; bestow
धात:
क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्ता = त्वम् (सम्बोधितः)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धारणे/स्थापने)
ईशानःthe ruling one; lord
ईशानः:
Kartā (कर्ता-विशेषण) / सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootईशान- (प्रातिपदिक) < ईश् (ऐश्वर्ये)
विapart; asunder; widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ष्यspread out / loosen / open (asunder)
ष्य:
क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्ता = त्वम्
TypeVerb
Rootशी/श्या (क्षये/शयने/विस्तारे—वैदिक प्रयोग; ‘वि-’ सह) अथवा √शि (to sharpen/cut) वैदिक रूप ‘ष्य’ (आज्ञार्थ)
दृतिम्leather bag; skin-vessel (metaph.: enclosing sheath/cloud)
दृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदृति- (प्रातिपदिक) < √दॄ/दृ (विदारणे/छेदने) ‘skin-bag, leather vessel’

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rain-compulsion corpus)

Devata: Nabhas (cloud), Pṛthivī, Dhātṛ (as regulator of rain)

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed (AV rain hymns often irregular)

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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