Atharva Veda 18.2.8 - Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 8

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Atharva Veda 18.2.8: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 8

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒जो भा॒गस्तप॑स॒स्तं त॑पस्व॒ तं ते॑ शो॒चिस्त॑पतु॒ तं ते॑ अ॒र्चिः । यास्ते॑ शि॒वास्त॒न्वोऽ जातवेद॒स्ताभि॑र्वहैनं सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒कम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 18.2.8

IAST Transliteration

ajó bhāgás tápasas táṃ tapasva táṃ te śocís tapatu táṃ te arcíḥ | yā́s te śivā́s tanvò jātavedas tā́bhir vahainaṃ sukṛ́tām u lokám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unborn is the share of holy heat—do thou heat that; let thy blaze heat it, let thy flame-tongue [do so]. With those thy kindly forms, O Jātavedas, bear thou this man—yea—unto the world of the well-deserving.

Translation

అజుడు (అజన్ముడు) తపస్సు యొక్క భాగం—ఆ తపస్సును నీవు తపించు; నీ జ్యోతి దానిని తపించుగాక, నీ అర్చిస్ (జ్వాల) దానిని తపించుగాక. హే జాతవేదస్, నీ ఆ శివ (కల్యాణకర) తనువులచే ఈ పురుషుణ్ని సుకృతుల లోకానికి మోసికొని వెళ్ళు.

Word by Word

अजःthe Unborn (Agni/Ātman as unborn)

भागःshare, portion

तपसःof austerity/heat

तम्him/that

तपस्वperform austerity/heat (be ardent)

तम्him/that

तेyour

शोचिःflame, radiance

तपतुlet it heat/burn

तम्him/that

तेyour

अर्चिःflame, blaze

याःwhich (those)

तेyour

शिवाःauspicious, kindly

तन्वःbodies, forms

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)

ताभिःwith those

वहcarry, convey

एनम्this one, him

सुकृताम्of the well-doers (the meritorious)

उindeed, surely

लोकम्world, realm

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer tradition

Devata: Agni Jātavedas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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