Atharva Veda 6.84.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 84, Mantra 2

Sukta 84

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूते॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती भवै॒ष ते॑ भा॒गो यो अ॒स्मासु॑ । मु॒ञ्चेमान॒मूनेन॑सः॒ स्वाहा॑

IAST Transliteration

bhū́te havíṣmatī bhaváiṣá te bhāgó yó asmā́su | muñcémān amū́nenasaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Power, become rich in oblation: here is thy portion, that which is among us. Release these from yonder guilt—Svāhā!

Translation

भूते हविष्मती भवैष ते भागो यो अस्मासु। मुञ्चेमानमूनेनसः स्वाहा।

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Word by Word

• भूते: in/at the being(s); in the realm of creatures
• भूते: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• हविष्मती: (she/it) possessing oblation; rich in offerings
• हविष्मती: कर्तृ (भव-क्रियायाः कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मत् (हविस् + मतुप्) प्रातिपदिक

• भव: be! become!
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• एष: this (one/this)
• एष: कर्तृ/विषय (अस्ति-भावे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध-कारकः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• भागः: share; portion
• भागः: कर्तृ/विषय (अस्ति-भावे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which; who
• यः: सम्बन्ध/अन्वय (यः…सः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• अस्मासु: among us; in us
• अस्मासु: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्च: release! set free!
• मुञ्च: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्

• इमानम्: this (one)
• इमानम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• अमू: those (yonder ones)
• अमू: कर्म (द्वितीय-कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम)

• एनसः: from sin/guilt/defilement
• एनसः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation for offering)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्र-शब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Bhūta/Nirṛti-class inauspicious power (appeased and dismissed)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; AV short verse form)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara