Atharva Veda 7.32.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 1

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दीर्घायुः। उप॑ प्रि॒यं पनि॑प्नतं युवा॑नमाहुती॒वृध॑म्। अग॑न्म॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ नमो॑ दी॒र्घमायुः॑ कृणोतु मे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.32.1

IAST Transliteration

úpa priyáṃ panipnatáṃ yúvānam āhutīvŕ̥dham | ágannma bíbhrato námo dīrghám ā́yuḥ kr̥ṇotu mé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto the dear, the most to-be-admired, the youthful one, increased by oblation, have we drawn near, bearing reverence: let him make for me long life.

Translation

Do drogiego, najbardziej godnego podziwu, młodzieńczego, powiększonego przez ofiarę, podeszliśmy, niosąc cześć: niechaj on sprawi mi długie życie.

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Word by Word

• दीर्घायुः: long life (as the subject/benediction)
• दीर्घायुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायु (प्रातिपदिक: दीर्घ + आयुस्)

• उप: towards; near; up (preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• प्रियं: dear; beloved (object)
• प्रियं: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पनि-प्नतं: bowed down; reverently inclined
• पनि-प्नतं: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √प्ना/√प्नत् (धातु; here as kṛdanta) / प्नत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• युवानम्: the young one; youth
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुतिः: offering; oblation
• आहुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृधम्: grown; increasing; strengthening
• वृधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृध (प्रातिपदिक; from √वृध् ‘to grow’)

• अगन्म: we went; we approached
• अगन्म: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्

• बिभ्रतः: of (him) bearing; carrying
• बिभ्रतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle
• Root: √भृ

• नमः: obeisance; salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीर्घम्: long (as object/extent)
• दीर्घम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life; lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोतु: let (him/it) make; may it grant
• कृणोतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ

• मे: for me; to me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (edition-dependent Anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Agni (implied by āhuti-vṛdh and approach to the oblation-fed power), or a generalized life-bestower.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (common in āyuṣya formulae; edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta