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Atharva Veda 3.16.1: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 1

Sukta 16

स्वस्तये प्रार्थना। प्रा॒तर॒ग्निं प्रा॒तरिन्द्रं॑ हवामहे प्रा॒तर्मि॒त्रावरु॑णा प्रा॒तर॒श्विना॑ । प्रा॒तर्भगं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिं॑ प्रा॒तः सोम॑मु॒त रु॒द्रं ह॑वामहे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.16.1

prā́tar agníṃ prā́tar índraṃ havāmahe prā́tar mitrā́váruṇā prā́tar aśvínā | prā́tar bhágaṃ pūṣáṇaṃ bráhmaṇaspátiṃ prā́taḥ sómam utá rudráṃ havāmahe

At morning we invoke Agni; at morning Indra we invoke; at morning Mitra and Varuṇa; at morning the Aśvins. At morning Bhaga, Pūṣan, and Brahmaṇaspati; at morning Soma, and also Rudra, we invoke.

ప్రాతః అగ్నిని ఆహ్వానిస్తాము; ప్రాతః ఇంద్రుని ఆహ్వానిస్తాము; ప్రాతః మిత్ర-వరుణులను; ప్రాతః అశ్వినులను. ప్రాతః భగను, పూషణను, బ్రహ్మణస్పతిని; ప్రాతః సోముని, అలాగే రుద్రుని కూడా, మేము ఆహ్వానిస్తాము.

प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/ह्वयते)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
मित्रावरुणाMitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-समास)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
अश्विनाthe Aśvins (twin gods)
अश्विना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (द्विवचन-रूप)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
भगम्Bhaga
भगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभग
पूषणम्Pūṣan
पूषणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूषन्
ब्रह्मणस्पतिम्Brahmaṇaspati (lord of prayer)
ब्रह्मणस्पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास)
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/ह्वयते)

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic transmission; hymn is a svastyayana-style invocation (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by ancillary tradition).

Devata: Agni, Indra, Mitra-Varuṇa, Aśvins, Bhaga, Pūṣan, Brahmaṇaspati, Soma, Rudra

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-mixed invocation style (catalogue-verse; metrical classification varies by pada division)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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