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Atharva Veda 15.4.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 3

Sukta 4

वा॒स॒न्तावे॑नं॒ मासौ॒ प्राच्या॑ दि॒शो गो॑पायतो बृ॒हच्च॑ रथंत॒रं चानु॑ तिष्ठतो॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.4.3

vāsantā́ enam mā́sau prā́cyā diśó gopāyato bṛhácca rathantaráṃ cā́nu tiṣṭhato yá eváṃ véda

The two vernal months guard him from the eastern quarter; and Bṛhat and Rathantara stand attendant upon him—whoso thus knoweth.

వసంత ఋతువின் రెండు నెలలు అతనిని తూర్పు దిక్కు నుండి కాపాడుతాయి; అలాగే ‘బృహత్’ మరియు ‘రథంతర’ (సామన్‌లు) అతని పక్కన నిలిచి సేవకులుగా ఉంటాయి—ఇలా తెలిసినవాడు (ఇదివల్ల రక్షణ పొందుతాడు).

वासन्तौthe two spring(-months)
वासन्तौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवासन्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वसन्त’ से) / वसन्त-ऋतु-सम्बन्धी
एनम्him/this (person)
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-रूप)
मासौ(two) months
मासौ:
कर्तृ (apposition to वासन्तौ)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राच्याof the eastern
प्राच्या:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दिशःdirection/quarter
दिशः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
गोपायतः(they two) protect/guard
गोपायतः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध: वासन्तौ मासौ)
TypeVerb
Rootगोपाय (धातु; denominative from गोपाय ‘to protect/guard’)
बृहत्Bṛhat (a Sāman chant)
बृहत्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (name of Sāman)
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रथन्तरम्Rathantara (a Sāman chant)
रथन्तरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (name of Sāman)
Rootरथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनुalong; after
अनु:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअनु
तिष्ठतः(they two) stand by/follow
तिष्ठतः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध: वासन्तौ मासौ)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + उपसर्ग अनु → अनु-स्था/अनुतिष्ठ (परस्मैपद)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus; in this way
एवम्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध: यः)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु; ‘to know’)

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in AV 15 (cosmic/royal-cosmological material); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists

Devata: Dik (East) with personified Vāsanta months; Sāman-powers Bṛhat and Rathantara as efficacious supports

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style; not strictly metrical in the RV sense (often treated as yajus-like phrasing in AV 15)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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