Atharva Veda 3.29.6 - Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 6

Atharva Veda 3.29.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 6

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॑रेव नो॑प दस्यति समुद्र॑इव प॑यो मह॑त्। देवउ॑सवासि॑नाविव शितिपा॑न्नो॑प दस्यति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.29.6

IAST Transliteration

írevá nópa dasyati samudrá iva páyo máhat | devóusavāsināv iva śitipā́nnópa dasyati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Iḍā bestoweth nourishment, as ocean yieldeth mighty milk, so, like the divine Dawn-powers, the white-footed one bestoweth bounty upon us.

Translation

Jak Idā daje pożywienie, jak ocean wydaje wielkie mleko, tak jak boskie moce Jutrzenki, białostopa daje nam obfitość.

Word by Word

इवlike, as

नःto us

उपtowards, near; (as preverb)

दस्यतिattacks, harms, assails

समुद्रःthe ocean

इवlike

पयःmilk; sap; water

महत्great, abundant

देवौthe two gods

उषसिat dawn; in the Dawn

नाव्two boats

इवlike

शितिपान्having a speckled/white drink; (epithet)

नःto us

उपtowards; (as preverb)

दस्यतिattacks, harms

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV anukramaṇī for 3.29.

Devata: Īrā/Iḍā (nourishment), Samudra (as abundance image), and the śitipāda (gift-object as quasi-devatā).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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