Atharva Veda 3.14.3: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 3

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं॒ज॒ग्मा॒ना अबि॑भ्युषीर॒स्मिन् गो॒ष्ठे क॑री॒षिणीः॑ । बिभ्र॑तीः सो॒म्यं मध्व॑नमी॒वा उ॒पेत॑न

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.14.3

IAST Transliteration

saṃjagmānā́ abíbhyuṣīr asmín goṣṭhé karīṣíṇīḥ | bíbhratīḥ somyáṃ mádhu anamīvā́ úpa étana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Assembled, fearless, in this cowshed—ye dung-bearing ones—bearing Soma-like sweetness, disease-free: come ye hither, draw near.

Translation

ఒకటిగా కూడి, భయంలేక, ఈ గోష్ఠంలో—హే కరీషిణీ (గోమయధారిణీ) గావులారా—సోమ్య మధు (సోమసదృశ మాధుర్యం) ధరించి, అమీవా-రహితంగా (రోగరహితంగా) ఇక్కడికి రండి; సమీపించండి.

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Word by Word

• संजग्मानाः: having come together / assembled
• संजग्मानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: सम् + √गम् (गच्छति)

• अबिभ्युषीः: you feared / you were afraid
• अबिभ्युषीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भी (भय)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोष्ठे: in the cowshed / cattle-stall
• गोष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-ष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: गोष्ठ)

• करीषिणीः: the dung-bearing ones (cows)
• करीषिणीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: करीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dung-bearing/with dung’)

• बिभ्रतीः: bearing / carrying
• बिभ्रतीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: √भृ (धारणे)

• सोम्यम्: pleasant, soothing
• सोम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey / sweetness
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनमीवा: free from illness
• अनमीवा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- + अमीव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘disease’)

• उपेतन: come near / approach (you all)!
• उपेतन: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √इ (एति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Cows (as prosperity-bearers) / Goṣṭha-prosperity powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta