Atharva Veda 9.2.22 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याव॑ती॒र्भृङ्गा॑ ज॒त्वःऽ कु॒रूर॑वो॒ याव॑ती॒र्वघा॑ वृक्षस॒र्प्योऽ बभू॒वुः । तत॒स्त्वम॑सि॒ ज्याया॑न् वि॒श्वहा॑ म॒हांस्तस्मै॑ ते काम॒ नम॒ इत् कृ॑णोमि

IAST Transliteration

yā́vatīr bhṛ́ṅgā jatváḥ kurū́ravo yā́vatīr vághā vṛkṣasárpyo babhūvúḥ | tatás tvám asi jyā́yān viśváhā mahā́ṁs tásmai te kā́ma náma ít kṛṇomi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As many as are the bees, the winged swarms, the harsh-crying; as many as are the smiters, the tree-creeping serpents that have come to be—therefrom art thou the greater, evermore the mighty: to thee, O Kāma, I do indeed make reverent homage.

Translation

Сколько есть пчёл — крылатых роёв, с резким криком; сколько есть поражающих, древесно-ползучих змей, что возникли, — оттого ты становишься более великим, всегда могучим. Тебе, о Kāma, я воистину совершаю почтительный поклон.

Word by Word

• यावतीः: as many (as)
• यावतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भृङ्गाः: bees
• भृङ्गाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• जत्वः: lac-insects / resin-producers
• जत्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जत्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुरूरवः: (a kind of insect/creature; lit. ‘harsh-crying’)
• कुरूरवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरूरव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावतीः: as many (as)
• यावतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वघाः: biters/stingers; harmful creatures
• वघाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षसर्प्यः: tree-creepers / tree-serpents (creeping creatures)
• वृक्षसर्प्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्षसर्पी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूवुः: they have become / came to be
• बभूवुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ततः: therefrom / then
• ततः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ज्यायान्: greater, superior
• ज्यायान्: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)

• विश्वहा: at all times, always
• विश्वहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वहा (अव्यय)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him/that (one)
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• काम: O Desire (personified)
• काम: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• कृणोमि: I make / I perform
• कृणोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer attribution within Kāma-hymn complex (varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Kāma

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara