Atharva Veda 7.9.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पू॒षेमा आशा॒ अनु॑ वेद॒ सर्वाः॑ सो अ॒स्माँ अभ॑यतमेन नेषत्। स्व॒स्ति॒दा आघृ॑णिः॒ सर्व॑वी॒रोऽप्र॑युच्छन् पु॒र ए॑तु प्रजा॒नन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.9.2

IAST Transliteration

pū́ṣemā́ āśā́ ánu veda sárvāḥ sá asmā́n ábhayatamena neṣat | svastidā́ āghṛ́ṇiḥ sárvavīro ’práyucchan púra étu prajā́nán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pūṣan knoweth after these directions, all of them: may he lead us by the safest path. The giver of welfare, the glowing one, all-heroic, unfailing—let him go before, discerning.

Translation

Pūṣan conhece, segundo estas direções, todas elas; que ele nos conduza pelo caminho mais seguro. Doador de bem-estar, o fulgente, todo-heroico, infalível — que vá à frente, discernindo.

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Word by Word

• पूषा: Pūṣan (the deity)
• पूषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक) प्रत्यय-लोपः

• इमा: these
• इमा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आशाः: hopes / wishes / directions (as ‘expectations’)
• आशाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभयतमेन: by/with the most fearless (safest) [way/means]
• अभयतमेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभयतम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; अभय + तम)

• नेषत्: may he lead / led
• नेषत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (णीञ् प्रापणे/नयने)

• स्वस्तिदा: bestowing well-being
• स्वस्तिदा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्तिद (प्रातिपदिक; स्वस्ति + दा ‘दाता’)

• आघृणिः: Āghṛṇi (a radiant/benign one; epithet of Pūṣan/Sūrya)
• आघृणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आघृणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उष्ण/तेजस्विन्/करुण’ इत्यर्थे वैदिकः)

• सर्ववीरः: having all heroes / all-protecting
• सर्ववीरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ववीर (बहुव्रीहि-समास; सर्व + वीर)

• अप्रयुच्छन्: not letting go; not failing; unrelaxing
• अप्रयुच्छन्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (present participle) / Kṛdanta
• Root: √युज्/√युच्छ् (वैदिक; ‘वियोजन/विच्छेद’ इत्यर्थे), नञ्-पूर्वकः

• पुरः: in front; ahead
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Noun-used-adverbially
• Root: पुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/उपपद-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतु: let him go / may he go
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इण् गतौ)

• प्रजानन्: knowing; discerning
• प्रजानन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (present participle) / Kṛdanta
• Root: √ज्ञा (ज्ञा अवबोधने) + प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pūṣan-invocations; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition for AV 7.9.

Devata: Pūṣan

Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed against pada-count in the project’s metrical module)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta