Atharva Veda 1.17.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श॒तस्य॑ ध॒मनी॑नां स॒हस्र॑स्य हि॒राणा॑म्। अस्थु॒रिन्म॑ध्य॒मा इ॒माः सा॒कमन्ता॑ अरंसत

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.17.3

IAST Transliteration

śatáśya dhamánīnām sahásrasya hirā́ṇām | asthurín madhyamā́ imā́ḥ sākám ántā́ araṃsata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of a hundred are the channels, of a thousand the golden (threads): these, bone-bearing, the middle members—together with the ends—have duly set themselves in order.

Translation

వంద ధమనులు, వెయ్యి స్వర్ణతంతువులు (హిరాణా). ఎముకలను ధరించిన ఈ మధ్య భాగాలు—అంచులతో కలిసి—ఒకేసారి యథావిధిగా క్రమంలో స్థిరపడ్డాయి.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• शतस्य: of a hundred
• शतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• धमनीनाम्: of the vessels/veins
• धमनीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धमनी (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रस्य: of a thousand
• सहस्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिराणाम्: of the veins (hiras)
• हिराणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हिरा’ = शिरा/vein; AV usage)

• अस्थुरिन्: bony; having bones
• अस्थुरिन्: कर्तृ (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थुरिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having bones/with bones’)

• मध्यमाः: the middle (ones)
• मध्यमाः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: कर्तृ (subject; appositional to मध्यमाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• साकम्: together
• साकम्: सह (associative/companionship)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (अव्यय)

• अन्ताः: the ends/outer parts
• अन्ताः: कर्तृ (co-subject with मध्यमाः/इमाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरंसत: were set in order / became well-arranged
• अरंसत: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रंस् (धातु; ‘to be pleased/fit, to agree, to be in order’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-associated; hymn-level attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Bodily order/wholeness (implicit); the ‘channels’ and structural integrity personified as a healing power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pāda structure consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta