Atharva Veda 2.17.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 5

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चक्षु॑रसि॒ चक्षु॑र्मे दाः॒ स्वाहा॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.17.5

IAST Transliteration

cákṣur asi cákṣur me dāḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art sight: bestow on me sight. Svāhā!

Translation

ତୁମେ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି (ଚକ୍ଷୁ) ଅଟ; ମୋତେ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିଶକ୍ତି ଦିଅ—ସ୍ୱାହା।

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Word by Word

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā (असि-क्रियायाः कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā (दाः-क्रियायाः कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम; ‘(त्वं) चक्षुः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: of me; my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (अधिकार/स्वामित्व: ‘my’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दाः: give (to me)
• दाः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation; oblation-call)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-उद्गार; यज्ञकर्मणि प्रयोगः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not recoverable from the single-verse input alone).

Devata: Cákṣus (Sight) as a personified vital faculty; implicitly supported by healing powers (bhaiṣajya).

Chandas: Not metrically diagnostic from this short prose-like formula; functions as a yajus-style healing utterance.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta