Atharva Veda 6.136.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 14, Sukta 136, Mantra 2

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दृंह॑ प्र॒त्नान् ज॒नयाजा॑तान् जा॒तानु॒ वर्षी॑यसस्कृधि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.136.2

IAST Transliteration

dṛ́ṃha pratnā́n janaya ajātā́n jātā́n ánu varṣī́yasaḥ kṛdhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make firm the old; beget the yet-unborn; and those already born make, in due course, more lasting and more abundant.

Translation

प्रत्नान् दृंह; अजातान् जनय; जातान् च यथाकालं वर्षीयसः कृधि—स्थिरान् बहुलांश्च।

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Word by Word

• दृंह: strengthen; make firm
• दृंह: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृंह् (धातु) / दृंह (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)

• प्रत्नान्: the ancient/old (ones)
• प्रत्नान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनय: generate; bring forth; cause to be born
• जनय: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जनय (णिच्-आज्ञार्थ-रूप)

• अजातान्: the unborn (ones)
• अजातान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अजात (प्रातिपदिक) = अ- + जात (PPP of √जन्)

• जातानु: the born (ones), following/along
• जातानु: कर्म (जातान्); (अनु = क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Compound/sequence (Kṛdanta + Indeclinable)
• Root: जात (PPP of √जन्) + अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वर्षीयसः: the older/greater (ones)
• वर्षीयसः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: वर्षीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of वृध्/वृद्ध-भाव ‘older/greater’)

• कृधि: make; do
• कृधि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृधि (आज्ञार्थ-रूप)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (unspecified in input)

Devata: Oṣadhi (herb-power) as agent of dṛṃhaṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short imperative sequence; probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta