Atharva Veda 2.6.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं चे॒ध्यस्वा॑ग्ने॒ प्र च॑ वर्धये॒ममुच्च॑ तिष्ठ मह॒ते सौभ॑गाय । मा ते॑ रिषन्नुपस॒त्तारो॑ अग्ने ब्र॒ह्माण॑स्ते य॒शसः॑ सन्तु॒ मान्ये

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.6.2

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ chedhyásvā́gne prá ca vardhayemám úc ca tiṣṭha mahaté sáubhagāya | mā́ te riṣann upasattā́ro agne bráhmāṇas te yaśásaḥ santu mā́nye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Blaze up in concert, O Agni; and forward may we increase that man. Stand up aloft for mighty good fortune. Let not thy near-attendants, O Agni, suffer harm: let the Brahman-powers be thine, glorious and worthy of honour.

Translation

सं चेध्यस्वाग्ने प्र च वर्धयेमम्, उच्च तिष्ठ महते सौभगाय। मा ते रिषन्नुपसत्तारो अग्ने; ब्रह्माणस्ते यशसः सन्तु मान्ये॥

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Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• छेध्यस्व: cut (it) off / sever (for yourself)
• छेध्यस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward; intensively
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / प्र (अव्यय)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• वर्धयेम: may we increase; may we cause to grow
• वर्धयेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु) [णिच्]

• अमुम्: that (one), him
• अमुम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्: up; out; upward
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग) / उत् (अव्यय)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand; remain
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• महते: for greatness; for the great (end)
• महते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सौभगाय: for good fortune; for prosperity
• सौभगाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभग (प्रातिपदिक) / सौभग्य (भाव)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• ते: of you; to you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रिषन्: let them not harm; let them not injure
• रिषन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

• उपसत्तारः: approachers; attendants; those who sit near (worshippers)
• उपसत्तारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसत्तार् (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√सद् + तृ)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्माणः: the brahmans; sacred utterers/priests
• ब्रह्माणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यशसः: glorious; of fame (as glories)
• यशसः: कर्तृ/विशेषण-भाव
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• मान्ये: in what is to be honored; in the honorable (sphere)
• मान्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution for AV 2.6 varies by anukramaṇī traditions; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type domestic formulae).

Devata: Agni (as prosperity-giver and protector of the rite and its attendants)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence; pāda-structure consistent with anuṣṭubh-type verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira