Atharva Veda 3.24.2 - Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 2

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Atharva Veda 3.24.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 2

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वेदा॒हं पय॑स्वन्तं च॒का॑र धा॒न्यं ऽ ब॒हु। सं॒भृत्वा॒ नाम॒ यो दे॒वस्तं व॒यं ह॑वामहे॒ योयो॒ अय॑ज्वनो गृ॒हे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.24.2

IAST Transliteration

védāháṃ páyasvantaṃ cakā́ra dhā́nyaṃ bahú | saṃbhṛtvā́ náma yó devás táṃ vayáṃ havāmahe yó-yo áyajvano gṛhé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I know the (Power) that hath made the grain milk-rich and abundant. Having gathered (it), that God—him we invoke—who (wins it) even in the house of him that sacrificeth not.

Translation

ధాన్యాన్ని పయస్వాన్ (రససమృద్ధిగా) మరియు బహుగా, ప్రాచుర్యంగా చేసిన ఆ (శక్తి/దేవుడు) ఎవరో నేను తెలుసు. దానిని సమకూర్చి, ఆ దేవునినే మేము హవిస్తాము—యజ్ఞం చేయని వాడి ఇంట్లో కూడా (సమృద్ధిని) గెలిపించేవాడు అతడే.

Word by Word

वेदI know

अहम्I

पयस्वन्तम्abounding in milk/juice

चकारhas made

धान्यम्grain, corn

बहुmuch, abundant

सम्together, completely

भृत्वाhaving brought together / having collected

नामindeed; by name

यःwho

देवःthe god

तम्him

वयम्we

हवामहेwe invoke/call

यःwho

अयज्वनःof the non-sacrificer (one who does not worship)

गृहेin the house

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (pauṣṭika corpus; varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: A provisioning deity/power (often treated generically as ‘deva’ in AV pauṣṭika contexts)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted; some pādas show prose-like expansion)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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