Atharva Veda 18.2.43: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 43

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदि॒मां मात्रां॑ मिमीमहे॒ यथाप॑रं॒ न मासा॑तै । श॒ते श॒रत्सु॒ नो पु॒रा

IAST Transliteration

údīmā́ṃ mā́trāṃ mimīmahe yáthā́paraṃ ná mā́sātai | śaté śáratsu no purā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upward this measure we do mete, that it be not thereafter spent in months: a hundred autumns—so for us, as in the days of old.

Translation

वयं इमां मात्रां उद्-मिमीमहे, यथापरं न मासातै; शते शरत्सु नः पुरा।

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Word by Word

• उद्: up, forth (preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• इमाम्: this (f.)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मात्राम्: measure; portion; unit
• मात्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिमीमहे: we measure
• मिमीमहे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (माने/मिमीतॆ ‘to measure’) धातु

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अपरम्: further; later; subsequent
• अपरम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• मासातै: by/within a month; month-wise (instrumental sense)
• मासातै: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (archaic/vedic form)
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक) + अतय्/अति (गत्यर्थ/अत्ययार्थ) → मासाति (समास/व्युत्पत्ति-आधारित रूप)

• शते: in a hundred
• शते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरत्सु: in years/autumns
• शरत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरा: formerly; before
• पुरा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)

Devata: Āyus; strengthening/elevation of life-force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (refrain-form)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta