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Atharva Veda 3.24.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 4

Sukta 24

उदुत्सं॑ श॒तधा॑रं स॒हस्र॑धार॒मक्षि॑तम्। ए॒वास्माके॒दं धा॒न्यं ऽ स॒हस्र॑धार॒मक्षि॑तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.24.4

úd útsaṁ́ śatá-dhāraṁ sahásra-dhāram ákṣitam | evā́smākédaṁ dhā́nyaṁ sahásra-dhāram ákṣitam ||

Up let the well-spring rise, a hundred-streamed, a thousand-streamed, undwindling. Even so be this our grain, a thousand-streamed, undwindling.

బావి/ఉత్సము పైకి ఉప్పొంగుగాక—శతధార, సహస్రధార, అక్షితము (క్షయములేనిది). అలాగే మా ఈ ధాన్యము శత-సహస్ర ధారలవలె విస్తరించి, క్షయములేనిదిగా ఉండుగాక.

उद्up, out (upwards)
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग/निपात) अथवा अव्यय-प्रयोग
उत्सम्spring, fountain
उत्सम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
शतधारम्having a hundred streams
शतधारम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-धार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
सहस्रधारम्having a thousand streams
सहस्रधारम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-धार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
अक्षितम्imperishable, undecaying
अक्षितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षि (√क्षि ‘to perish/decay’ इत्यस्य नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just so
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अस्माकof us, our
अस्माक:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Kartā (वाक्ये विषय/उद्देश्य-रूपेण)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धान्यम्grain, corn, produce
धान्यम्:
Kartā (इदम् धान्यम्—वाक्यविषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootधान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रधारम्thousand-streamed; abundantly flowing
सहस्रधारम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-धार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
अक्षितम्imperishable, inexhaustible
अक्षितम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षि (√क्षि ‘to perish/decay’ इत्यस्य नञ्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this prosperity hymn; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type seer)

Devata: Dhānya/Annasaṁpatti (personified abundance); also implicit Prajāpati/Br̥haspati-style prosperity agency

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8, with Atharvanic flexibility)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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