Atharva Veda 9.3.24: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 24

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा नः॒ पाशं॒ प्रति॑ मुचो गु॒रुर्भा॒रो ल॒घुर्भ॑व । व॒धूमि॑व त्वा शाले यत्र॒कामं॑ भरामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 9.3.24

IAST Transliteration

mā́ naḥ pā́śaṃ práti muco gurúr bhā́ro laghúr bhava | vadhū́m iva tvā śā́le yatrakā́maṃ bharāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Cast not back upon us the noose: let the heavy burden be made light. Like a bride, O Hall, we bear thee onward, even as we list, unto the place desired.

Translation

Janganlah engkau melemparkan kembali jerat kepada kami; jadikanlah beban yang berat menjadi ringan. Seperti pengantin perempuan, wahai Balai (Śālā), kami mengusungmu ke hadapan, menurut kehendak kami, menuju tempat yang diingini.

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (contextually: ‘to/for us’) / Possessor
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पाशम्: noose, snare
• पाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक) / pāśa

• प्रति: towards, against
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• मुचः: release / loosen
• मुचः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मुचँ)

• गुरुः: heavy
• गुरुः: Kartā (of ‘भव’) / Predicate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) / guru

• भारः: burden, load
• भारः: Kartā (of ‘भव’) / Predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक) / bhāra

• लघुः: light
• लघुः: Kartā (of ‘भव’) / Predicate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु (प्रातिपदिक) / laghu

• भव: become / be
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भूञ्)

• वधूम्: a bride
• वधूम्: Karma (object of implied ‘(नयामि/आनयामि)’ in simile) / Upamāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधू (प्रातिपदिक) / vadhū

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• शाले: in the hall / house
• शाले: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक) / śālā

• यत्रकामम्: as desired, at will
• यत्रकामम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (compound adverb)
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरामसि: we carry / we bring
• भरामसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (भृञ्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic corpus (not explicit here)

Devata: Śālā personified; apotropaic force against Pāśa (often associated with Varuṇa in broader Vedic thought)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara