Atharva Veda 2.13.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परी॒दं वासो॑ अधिथाः स्व॒स्तयेऽभू॑र्गृष्टी॒नाम॑भिशस्ति॒पा उ॑ । श॒तं च॒ जीव॑ श॒रदः॑ पुरू॒ची रा॒यश्च॒ पोष॑मुप॒संव्य॑यस्व

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.13.3

IAST Transliteration

párī́daṁ vā́so adhithāḥ svastáye ’bhū́r gṛṣṭīnā́m abhiśastipā́ u | śatáṁ ca jī́va śarádaḥ purūcī́ rā́yaś ca póṣam upasaṁvyáyasva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round thee this garment hast thou put for welfare; thou hast become, verily, the herds’ protector from imprecation. Live thou a hundred years, yea many autumns; and wealth and thriving—wrap them close about thee.

Translation

ကောင်းကျိုးချမ်းသာအတွက် ဤဝတ်ရုံကို သင်ပတ်လည်ဝတ်ဆင်ခဲ့ပါသည်၊ သင်သည် ကျိုးနွံခြင်းမှ ကာကွယ်သော နွားများ၏ စောင့်ရှောက်သူ ဖြစ်တော်မူပါသည်။ နှစ်တစ်ရာ အသက်ရှည်ပါစေ၊ ဆောင်ဦးရာသီ များစွာ ဖြတ်သန်းပါစေ၊ စည်းစိမ်နှင့် ချမ်းသာကို သင့်ခန္ဓာ၌ စွဲမြဲစေပါ။

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Word by Word

• परीदम्: around/fully this
• परीदम्: Karma (इदम् = ‘this’ as object)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle + pronoun)
• Root: परी + इदम्

• वासः: garment, clothing
• वासः: Karma (object of ‘put on/assume’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक) ← √वस् ‘to clothe/dwell’

• अधिथाः: you have put on/placed upon
• अधिथाः: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति) + अधि

• स्वस्तये: for well-being, for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभूः: you became / you were
• अभूः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• गृष्टीनाम्: of the cows (milch-cows)
• गृष्टीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृष्टी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिशस्तिपाः: warder-off/drinker of imprecation; protector against curse
• अभिशस्तिपाः: Kartā/Predicative (epithet of ‘you’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अभिशस्ति + पा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drinker/protector’)

• उ: indeed, and
• उ: —
• Type: Particle
• Root: उ

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (duration)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Particle
• Root: च

• जीव: live!
• जीव: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव्

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (for years/autumns)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरूचीः: many, abundant
• पुरूचीः: Viśeṣaṇa (of ‘autumns/years’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरूची (प्रातिपदिक)

• रायः: wealth
• रायः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Particle
• Root: च

• पोषम्: prosperity, nourishment
• पोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसंव्ययस्व: wrap yourself with; put on (as a covering)
• उपसंव्ययस्व: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सम् + √व्यय्/√वी (वेदिक ‘to wrap/put on, cover oneself’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn; commonly classed under Atharvan/Angiras strata)

Devata: Vāsaḥ (the garment as a personified protective medium) / Svasti (Auspicious Well-being) with paustika intent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence; pāda-structure consistent with anuṣṭubh-type blessing verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta