Atharva Veda 3.12.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋ॒तेन॑ स्थूणा॒मधि॑ रोह वंशो॒ग्रो वि॒राज॒न्नप॑ वृङ्क्ष्व॒ शत्रू॑न्। मा ते॑ रिषन्नुपस॒त्तारो॑ गृ॒हाणां॑ शाले श॒तं जी॑वेम श॒रदः॒ सर्व॑वीराः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.12.6

IAST Transliteration

ṛténa sthūṇā́m ádhi roha vaṁśógró virā́jann ápa vṛṅkṣva śátrūn | mā́ te ríṣann upasattā́ro gṛhā́ṇāṁ śā́le śatáṁ jī́vema śarádaḥ sárvavīrāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By Order (ṛta) mount thou upon the pillars; O ridge-beam, shining forth, cut off and cast away the foes. Let not the besetters of the house do thee hurt: in the hall may we live a hundred autumns, with all our heroes about us.

Translation

Przez Porządek wstąp na filary, o grzbietowa belko, lśniąca, odetnij i odrzuć wrogów. Niech nie wyrządzą ci krzywdy napastnicy domu: w sali niech żyjemy sto jesieni, z wszystkimi naszymi bohaterami wokół nas.

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Word by Word

• ऋतेन: by/with ṛta (cosmic order, truth)
• ऋतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थूणाम्: pillars, posts
• स्थूणाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थूणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि

• रोह: climb! ascend!
• रोह: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• वंश: (O) bamboo/pole; ridge-beam
• वंश: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रः: fierce, strong
• उग्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• विराजन्: O shining one / O splendid (beam)
• विराजन्: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वि-राज् (धातु) / विराज् (प्रातिपदिक, संबोधन)

• अप: away, off
• अप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• वृङ्क्ष्व: cut off! remove!
• वृङ्क्ष्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रश्च् (वृश्च्)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• रिषन्: let (them) not harm
• रिषन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष्

• उपसत्तारः: attackers, assailants; those who sit/press near
• उपसत्तारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसत्तार् (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√सद् + तृच्/तार्-प्रत्ययः ‘approacher/assailant’)

• गृहाणाम्: of the houses/home
• गृहाणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (परिमाण)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवेम: may we live
• जीवेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्

• शरदः: autumns/years
• शरदः: कर्म (काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्ववीराः: possessing all heroes/men; with all offspring/strength
• सर्ववीराः: कर्तृ (जीवेम इत्यस्य कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ववीर (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + वीर)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-consecration hymn; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Gṛha/Śālā and the consecrated house-timbers (with Ṛta/Virāj as sacral power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (domestic benedictive style; exact metrical classification varies by pada division)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta