Atharva Veda 3.24.7: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 7

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒पो॒हश्च॑ समू॒हश्च॑ क्ष॒त्तारौ॑ ते प्रजापते । तावि॒हा व॑हतां स्फा॒तिं ब॒हुं भू॒मान॒मक्षि॑तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.24.7

IAST Transliteration

upoháś ca samūháś ca kṣattā́rau te prajā́pate | tā́vihā́ vahatāṁ sphā́tiṁ bahúṁ bhū́mānam ákṣitam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upoh and Samūh are thy two stewards, O Prajāpati: let them bring hither increase—much, full, undwindling.

Translation

Upoh i Samuh to twoi dwaj zarządcy, o Pradżapati: niechaj przyniosą tu obfitość, wielką, pełną, niewyczerpaną.

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Word by Word

• उपोहः: the ‘remover/repeller’ (one who wards off)
• उपोहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपोह (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√ऊह/ऊह् ‘उहना/विचार/अपोहन’ से निष्पन्न भाव/कर्तृ-नाम)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समूहः: the ‘gatherer/assembler’; collection
• समूहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समूह (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• क्षत्तारौ: two attendants/servitors
• क्षत्तारौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘क्षत्ता’ = परिचर/द्वारपाल/सेवक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजापते: O Prajāpati
• प्रजापते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आ: hither; (intensifier with verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• वहताम्: let them bring/carry
• वहताम्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• स्फातिम्: increase, prosperity
• स्फातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फाति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• बहुम्: much, abundant
• बहुम्: Karma (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमानम्: fullness, abundance
• भूमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमान् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भूमा’ = महान् विस्तार/समृद्धि)

• अक्षितम्: undiminishing, imperishable
• अक्षितम्: Karma (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षित (√क्षि ‘क्षय’ से; न-क्षयमान)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Prajāpati; subsidiary personifications: Upoh and Samūh; goal-deity: Sphāti

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira