Atharva Veda 18.2.22 - Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22 | Sanskrit, Sanskrit Translation & Meaning | Vedapath

Atharva Veda 18.2.22: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् त्वा॑ वहन्तु म॒रुत॑ उदवा॒हा उ॑द॒प्रुतः॑ । अ॒जेन॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ शी॒तं व॒र्षेणो॑क्षन्तु॒ बालिति॑

IAST Transliteration

út tvā vahantu marúta udavāhā́ udaprútaḥ | ajéna kṛṇvántaḥ śītáṃ varṣéṇókṣantu bāl íti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up let the Maruts bear thee—upbearing, up-springing; with the goat making coolness, with rain let them sprinkle thee—so be it.

Translation

उत् त्वा वहन्तु मरुत उदवाहा उदप्रुतः। अजेन कृण्वन्तः शीतं वर्षेणोक्षन्तु बालिति॥

Word by Word

उत्up; forth

त्वाyou (as object)

वहन्तुlet them carry/lead

मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)

उदup; out

अवाहाःcarriers/transporters; those who convey

उदup; out

अप्रुतःunhindered; unobstructed

अजेनwith a goat

कृण्वन्तःdoing; making

शीतम्coolness; cooling (thing/state)

वर्षेणwith rain; by rainfall

उक्षन्तुlet them sprinkle/drench

बालिति‘so’/thus (end marker)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition

Devata: Maruts (with ancillary rain/cooling power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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