Atharva Veda 4.33.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 3

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र यद् भन्दि॑ष्ठ एषां॒ प्रास्माका॑सश्च सू॒रयः॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.33.3

IAST Transliteration

prá yád bhandíṣṭha eṣā́m prāsmākā́saś ca sūŕayaḥ | ápá naḥ śóśucat ághám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When their most bounteous (power) goes forth, and our own patrons too go forth—away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Translation

Quando avança a sua maior generosidade, e avançam também os nossos próprios protetores — para longe de nós, que o mal seja consumido.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• यत्: which, that (relative)
• यत्: (relative) —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• भन्दिष्ठः: most beneficent / most bountiful
• भन्दिष्ठः: Kartā (understood, with implied verb ‘is/exists’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भन्दि (prātipadika; superlative)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of these’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• अस्माकासः: our (belonging to us)
• अस्माकासः: Viśeṣaṇa of ‘सूरयः’
• Type: Adjective (possessive)
• Root: अस्माक (prātipadika; possessive from 1st pers. pronoun)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• सूरयः: patrons, chiefs, benefactors
• सूरयः: Kartā (understood, with implied verb ‘are/stand forth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (prātipadika)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (upasarga)

• नः: from us / us
• नः: Apādāna (with ‘अप’: ‘away from us’) / or Karma (if taken as object) بحسب interpretation
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• शोशुचत्: let (it) blaze/ burn away; let (it) be purified
• शोशुचत्: Kriyā (injunctive/imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (dhātu) with intensive/reduplicated present stem शो-शुच-

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: Karma (object of ‘शोशुचत्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Agni (implicit) / prosperity-patronage complex

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be verified)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta