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Atharva Veda 3.5.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 2

Sukta 5

मयि॑ क्ष॒त्रं प॑र्णमणे॒ मयि॑ धारयताद् र॒यिम्। अ॒हं रा॒ष्ट्रस्या॑भीव॒र्गे नि॒जो भू॑यासमुत्त॒मः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.5.2

máyi kṣatráṃ parṇamaṇe máyi dhārayatād rayím | aháṃ rāṣṭrásyābhīvargé nijó bhūyāsam uttamáḥ ||

In me, O Parṇamaṇi, set thou royal might; in me uphold thou wealth. In the realm’s contention and concourse may I, as one rightful, become the highest.

मयि क्षत्रं पर्णमणे मयि धारयताद् रयिम्। अहं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे निजो भूयासम् उत्तमः॥

मयिin me
मयि:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) → मयि
क्षत्रम्kṣatra; ruling power/sovereign might
क्षत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्णमणेin/through (the amulet) Pārṇamaṇi
पर्णमणे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun (proper/amulet-name)
Rootपर्णमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me
मयि:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) → मयि
धारयतात्let (it) place/hold/support
धारयतात्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु) धारयति (णिच् causative)
रयिम्wealth, riches
रयिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
राष्ट्रस्यof the realm/kingdom
राष्ट्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अभीवर्गेin the onrush/assault; in the encounter (with foes)
अभीवर्गे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअभीवर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
निजःone’s own; native; belonging to oneself
निजः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिज (प्रातिपदिक)
भूयासम्may I be/become
भूयासम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
उत्तमःthe highest, best, foremost
उत्तमः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa tradition (hymn to Parṇamaṇi; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Parṇamaṇi (personified amulet); indirectly kṣatra/śrī (royal power and fortune)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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