Atharva Veda 3.13.3: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒प॒का॒मं स्यन्द॑माना॒ अवी॑वरत वो॒ हि क॑म्। इन्द्रो॑ वः॒ शक्ति॑भिर्देवी॒स्तस्मा॒द् वार्नाम॑ वो हि॒तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.13.3

IAST Transliteration

apākā́maṁ syándamānā́ avī́varata vo hí kám | índro vo śáktibhir devī́s tásmād vā́rṇām vo hitám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Streaming forth, ye opened a way from what is unwanted—ye brought, indeed, delight. Indra, O goddesses, with his powers made you so: therefore is your Varuṇic nature set for your beneficent use.

Translation

ଅପକାମ (ଅନିଷ୍ଟ) ଠାରୁ ପଥ ଖୋଲି, ବହୁଥିବାବେଳେ ତୁମେ ବାଧାକୁ ଦୂର କଲ—ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ତୁମେ ଆନନ୍ଦ ଆଣିଲ। ହେ ଦେବୀମାନେ, ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ନିଜ ଶକ୍ତିଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମକୁ ଏପରି କରିଛନ୍ତି; ତେଣୁ ତୁମର ‘ବରୁଣିକ’ ସ୍ୱଭାବ ହିତକର ବ୍ୟବହାର ପାଇଁ ସ୍ଥାପିତ।

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Word by Word

• अपकामम्: free from desire/ill-wish; undesired (as an adverbial qualifier)
• अपकामम्: Karma (लक्ष्य/विषयः; ‘अपकामम्’ = ‘कामरहितम्/अनिष्टकामनारहितम्’ इति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपकाम (प्रातिपदिक; अप- + काम)

• स्यन्दमानाः: flowing, streaming
• स्यन्दमानाः: Kartā (क्रियायाः कर्तारः)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: स्यन्द् (धातु) → स्यन्दमान (वर्तमानकृदन्त)

• अवीवरत: they have covered/warded off; they have enclosed
• अवीवरत: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; ‘वृणोति/वृणुते’)

• वः: for you / your
• वः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for you’)/सम्बन्ध (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• कम्: whom/which (some one/thing)
• कम्: Karma (अवीवरत इत्यस्य कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (अग्राम्ये वाक्ये कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / your
• वः: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• शक्तिभिः: with powers, by means of powers
• शक्तिभिः: Karaṇa (करणम्—‘by/with powers’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: the goddesses
• देवीः: Karma (इन्द्रः … देवीः [अवति/योजयति] इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (तस्मात् = ‘from that/therefore’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वार्णाम्: of the varṇas/colours (classes)
• वार्णाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the varṇas/colours/classes’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वर्ण’/‘वार्ण’—सम्बद्ध-रूपम्)

• वः: for you / your
• वः: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• हितम्: beneficial, wholesome
• हितम्: Karma/Predicative (वाक्ये ‘हितम्’ = ‘beneficial/wholesome’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (कृदन्त; √धा ‘to place’ → ‘हित’ = placed, beneficial)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in many indices for single mantra)

Devata: Āpas (as Devīs), with Indra as empowering figure; Varuṇa as jurisdictional source

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta