Atharva Veda 13.1.60: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 1, Mantra 60

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो य॒ज्ञस्य॑ प्र॒साध॑न॒स्तन्तु॑र्दे॒वेष्वात॑तः । तमाहु॑तमशीमहि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.1.60

IAST Transliteration

yó yajñásya prasā́dhanás tántur devéṣv ā́tataḥ | tám ā́hutam aśīmahi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who is the sacrifice’s furtherance, the thread stretched out among the gods,—that offered power would we attain and enjoy.

Translation

यः यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनः, तन्तुः देवेषु आततः; तम् आहुतम् अशীমहि।

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā (सम्बन्ध-कर्तृ, यः…सः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रसाधनः: the arranger/equipper (one who sets in order)
• प्रसाधनः: Kartā / Viśeṣaṇa (predicate nominative to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाधन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘adornment/arrangement, equipment’)

• तन्तुः: thread, warp-thread
• तन्तुः: Kartā / Apposition (to यः; ‘the thread’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘among/in the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आतः: stretched out, extended
• आतः: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: आ + तन् (धातु; PPP/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘आतत’ = stretched/extended)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (object of आशीमहि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुः: they have said / they call
• आहुः: Kriyā (verbal predicate of the relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (परस्मैपदी; ‘to say’—Vedic usage आहुः = ‘they say’)

• उत: and, also
• उत: Sambandha/Anvaya (connective particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात/अव्यय)

• आशीमहि: we pray for / we seek (as a blessing)
• आशीमहि: Kriyā (main verb); Kartā = वयम् (implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √शास्/√आशास् (आशीः/आशंस् ‘to wish, to pray for’; Vedic ātmanepada)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yajña-theory verse).

Devata: Yajña / the sacrificial principle (with devas as recipients).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; verify in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta