Atharva Veda 3.21.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒क्षान्ना॑य व॒शान्ना॑य॒ सोम॑पृष्ठाय वे॒धसे॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रज्ये॑ष्ठेभ्य॒स्तेभ्यो॑ अ॒ग्निभ्यो॑ हु॒तम॑स्त्वे॒तत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.21.6

IAST Transliteration

ukṣā́nnāya vaśā́nnāya sómapṛṣṭhāya vedháse | vaiśvānarájyeṣṭhebhyás tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To him whose food is the bull, to him whose food is the vaśā, to Soma-backed Ordainer:—to those Fires whose chief is Vaiśvānara, to those Agnis, be this oblation offered, yea, let it be so.

Translation

နွားလားကို စားသောသူအား၊ ဝသာကို စားသောသူအား၊ သောမနတ်သားကို ကျောထောက်သော စီရင်သူအား၊ ဝိဿွာနရကို အကြီးအမှူးပြုသော ထိုမီးနတ်တို့အား၊ ဤယဇ်ပူဇော်ခြင်းသည် ဖြစ်ပါစေသတည်း။

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Word by Word

• उक्षान्नाय: to the bull-fed / bull-nourished (one)
• उक्षान्नाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: उक्षन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशान्नाय: to the cow-fed / cow-nourished (one)
• वशान्नाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमपृष्ठाय: to (him) whose back is (supported by/covered with) Soma; Soma-backed
• सोमपृष्ठाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (tatpuruṣa compound epithet)
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेधसे: to the wise one / ordainer
• वेधसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विध्/व्यध्’ से व्युत्पन्न)

• वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यः: to those foremost (fires) of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective used substantively (compound)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निभ्यः: to the fires
• अग्निभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतम्: offered; oblation (that which is offered)
• हुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत (कृदन्त; क्त)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (विधेय क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म/विषय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for śānti hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Agni (plural forms), especially Vaiśvānara; implicitly the kravyād aspect to be appeased

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; exact metrical scan may vary by pada)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta