Atharva Veda 3.29.3: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 3

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो ददा॑ति शिति॒पाद॒मविं॑ लो॒केन॒ संमि॑तम्। स नाक॑म॒भ्यारो॑हति॒ यत्र॑ शु॒ल्को न क्रि॒यते॑ अब॒लेन॒ बली॑यसे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.29.3

IAST Transliteration

yó dadā́ti śitipādám avím lokéna sáṃmitam | sá nā́kam abhyā́rohati yátra śulkó ná kriyáte abálena bálīyase ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso bestoweth a white-footed ewe, of worth approved by common reckoning,—he mounteth unto heaven, where no exaction-fee is levied by the weak upon the stronger.

Translation

यो ददाति शितिपादामविं लोकेन संमिताम्, स नाकम् अभ्यारोहति—यत्र दुर्बलेन बलीयसे शुल्को न क्रियते।

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने)

• शितिपादम्: a white-footed (sheep)
• शितिपादम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शितिपाद (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय-समासः)

• अविम्: a ewe; sheep
• अविम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकेन: by/according to the world (common usage)
• लोकेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• संमितम्: properly measured/valued; duly appraised
• संमितम्: Karma
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: सम्-√मा (माने/मितौ) → संमित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भूतकृदन्तः)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नाकम्: heaven
• नाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्यारोहति: ascends; mounts
• अभ्यारोहति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-√रुह् (आरोहणे)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• शुल्कः: toll; fee; price
• शुल्कः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुल्क (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• क्रियते: is done; is exacted/charged
• क्रियते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• अबलेन: by the weak (person)
• अबलेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अबल (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलीयसे: to/for the stronger (one)
• बलीयसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (comparative; used substantively)
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → बलीयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for dāna-hymns (exact r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Dāna/puṇya leading to Svarga (implicit); ethical order of the ‘heavenly world’.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV social/paustika verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta