Atharva Veda 6.78.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 78, Mantra 2

Sukta 78

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि व॑र्धतां॒ पय॑सा॒भि रा॒ष्ट्रेण॑ वर्धताम्। र॒य्या स॒हस्र॑वर्चसे॒मौ स्तामनु॑पक्षितौ

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.78.2

IAST Transliteration

abhí vardhatāṃ páyasā́bhí rāṣṭréṇa vardhatām | ráyyā sahásravarcasémáu stām ánupakṣitau ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let them increase with milk; let them increase with dominion. With wealth, with thousandfold splendour—may these two abide undiminished.

Translation

Niech wzrastają dzięki mleku; niech wzrastają dzięki panowaniu. Z bogactwem, z tysiąckrotnym blaskiem, niech ci dwoje trwają niezminiejszeni.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards; over; further
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• वर्धताम्: let (the two) increase
• वर्धताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते) ‘वृद्धौ’

• पयसा: with milk; by milk
• पयसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards; over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• राष्ट्रेण: with/through the realm; by sovereignty
• राष्ट्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धताम्: let (the two) increase
• वर्धताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते) ‘वृद्धौ’

• रय्या: with wealth; by prosperity
• रय्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘धन/समृद्धि’

• सहस्रवर्चसे: for (one) of thousandfold splendor
• सहस्रवर्चसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-epithet
• Root: सहस्र-वर्चस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्ताम्: let the two be; let them stand
• स्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् ‘भुवि’ (अस्ति) — वैदिक रूप

• अनुपक्षितौ: undiminished; not wasted
• अनुपक्षितौ: Kartā (विशेषणम् इमौ-स्ताम्)
• Type: Adjective (past participial)
• Root: अनु-√पक्ष्/पक्षय् (क्षये) → पक्षित (कृदन्त) + अन्- (निषेध) / ‘अनुपक्षि’ भाव

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be confirmed from anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pauṣṭika increase (milk/wealth/splendour as operative powers).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed by metrical scan).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta