Atharva Veda 15.2.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 7

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ च॒ पव॑मानश्च विपथवा॒हौ वातः॒ सार॑थी रे॒ष्मा प्र॑तो॒दः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.7

IAST Transliteration

mātariśvā́ ca pávamānaś ca vipathavāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī réṣmā pratodáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mātariśvan and Pavamāna; the two that bear upon the by-path; Wind is the charioteer, the reins, the goad.

Translation

మాతరిశ్వా మరియు పవమానుడు—ఈ ఇద్దరూ విపథం (తప్పుదారి) వైపు మోసుకుపోయేవారు; వాయువే సారథి, వాయువే లగ్గం, వాయువే ప్రతోదం (అంకుశం).

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Word by Word

• मातरिश्वा: Mātariśvan (a divine being; often identified with Vāyu/Agni as the bringer of fire)
• मातरिश्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) / मातरि-श्वन् (समास)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पवमानः: the purifying one; (esp.) Soma/Agni as ‘purifying’
• पवमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: पू (धातु) → पवमान (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• विपथवाहौ: the two who carry (one) off the wrong path / the two misguiding carriers (dual)
• विपथवाहौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual epithet)
• Root: विपथ-वाह (समासिक प्रातिपदिक; विपथ ‘wrong path’ + वाह ‘carrier/driver’)

• वातः: Wind (Vāta)
• वातः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• सारथी: charioteer
• सारथी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रेष्मा: rein; bridle
• रेष्मा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतोदः: goad; whip
• प्रतोदः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतोद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya-corpus attribution (variable).

Devata: Vāta (Wind/Breath), Mātariśvan, Pavamāna (purifying motion).

Chandas: Irregular/catalectic catalogic style.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta