Atharva Veda 6.123.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 123, Mantra 1

Sukta 123

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सौमनसम्। ए॒तं स॑धस्थाः॒ परि॑ वो ददामि॒ यं शे॑व॒धिमा॒वहा॑ज्जा॒तवे॑दाः । अ॒न्वा॒ग॒न्ता यज॑मानः स्व॒स्ति तं स्म॑ जानीत पर॒मे व्योऽमन्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.123.1

IAST Transliteration

saúmanasam | etáṃ sadhásthāḥ pári vo dadāmi yáṃ śevadhím ā́vahāj jātávedāḥ | anvāgántā yajámānaḥ svastí táṃ smá jānīta paramé vyòman ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Goodwill—this, O fellows of one seat, I bestow on you all around: the treasure which Jātavedas hath brought hither. Following on, the sacrificer (comes) in welfare: that, indeed, acknowledge in the highest heaven.

Translation

Boa disposição. Isto, ó companheiros de um mesmo assento, eu vos concedo ao redor: o tesouro que Jātavedas trouxe para cá. Seguindo-o, o sacrificante vem em bem-estar: isso, de fato, reconhecei no céu supremo.

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Word by Word

• सौमनसम्: goodwill; concord; friendliness
• सौमनसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस (प्रातिपदिक; सु-मनस् > सौमनस्)

• एतम्: this (him/it)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सधस्थाः: O companions/associates (those seated together)
• सधस्थाः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; about; fully
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• शेवधिम्: treasure; precious deposit
• शेवधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवहात्: brought; conveyed (hither)
• आवहात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वह (वह प्रापणे/आनयने)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni), knower of births
• जातवेदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)

• अन्वागन्ता: having followed/come along
• अन्वागन्ता: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: अनु-आ-√गम् (गम् गतौ) / अन्वागन्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यजमानः: the sacrificer; patron
• यजमानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; √यज ‘to sacrifice’)

• स्वस्ति: well-being; auspiciously
• स्वस्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• स्म: indeed; just (emphatic particle)
• स्म: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (निपात)

• जानीत: know (you all); recognize
• जानीत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (अवबोधने)

• परमे: in the highest; in the supreme
• परमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्योमन्: in the sky; in the firmament
• व्योमन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the excerpt; to be verified via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 6.123.

Devata: Saumanasa (personified concord) with Agni Jātavedas as fetcher; communal ‘sadhásthaḥ’ as ritual addressees.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara