Atharva Veda 4.37.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 5

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र॑ वः प्रे॒ङ्खा हरि॑ता॒ अर्जु॑ना उ॒त यत्रा॑घा॒ताः क॑र्क॒र्यः सं॒वद॑न्ति । तत् परे॑ताप्सरसः॒ प्रति॑बुद्धा अभूतन

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.37.5

IAST Transliteration

yátra vaḥ preṅkhā́ harítā árjunā utá yátrāghātā́ḥ karkaryàḥ saṃvádanti | tát paréta apsarásaḥ pratíbuddhā abhūtana

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Where are your green swings amid the Arjuna-trees, and where the struck Karkarīs make concerted sound—thither depart, O Apsarases; detected and brought to wakefulness, be ye (so) become.

Translation

Onde estão os vossos balanços verdes entre as árvores Arjuna, e onde as Karkarī golpeadas ressoam em conjunto — para lá parti, ó Apsaras; descobertas e trazidas ao despertar, assim vos torneis.

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Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद्-तद्-प्रश्न/सम्बन्ध-श्रृंखला

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रेङ्खाः: swings; rocking-seats
• प्रेङ्खाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेङ्खा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिताः: green/yellowish (ones)
• हरिताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्जुनाः: white/bright (ones)
• अर्जुनाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्जुन (विशेषण/नाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• आघाताः: blows; strokes; beatings
• आघाताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आघात (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्कर्यः: lutes/harps (stringed instruments)
• कर्कर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्करी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• संवदन्ति: sound together; resound; converse
• संवदन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + वद् (धातु)

• तत्: that (place/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परेत: go forth; proceed
• परेत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + इ (धातु) → परेत (कृदन्त/निपातित रूप)

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिबुद्धाः: awakened; roused
• प्रतिबुद्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्रति + बुध् (धातु) → प्रतिबुद्ध (कृदन्त)

• अभूतन: you became; you were
• अभूतन: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)

Devata: Apsarases (target)

Chandas: Mixed; refrain-driven

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara