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Atharva Veda 4.38.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 38, Mantra 2

Sukta 38

वि॒चि॒न्व॒तीमा॑कि॒रन्ती॑मप्स॒रां सा॑धुदे॒विनी॑म्। ग्लहे॑ कृ॒तानि॑ गृह्णा॒नाम॑प्स॒रां तामि॒ह हु॑वे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.38.2

vicínvatī́m ākirántīm apsaráṃ sā́dhudevínīm | gláhe kṛtā́ni gṛhṇāná̄m apsaráṃ tā́m ihá huvḗ ||

The Apsaras, the kindly goddess, who sifteth and scattereth, who in the wager taketh up the ‘made’ successes—her do I invoke hither.

ఎంచి వడకట్టి, చల్లరించే సాధుదేవిని అప్సరా—జూదం (గ్లహ) లో ‘కృత’ సిద్ధులను ఎత్తి తీసుకునేది—ఆ అప్సరాను ఇక్కడికి నేను ఆహ్వానిస్తున్నాను.

विचिन्वतीम्searching, seeking out
विचिन्वतीम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-अप्सरसम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootवि-√चि (चिनोति) / विचिन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
आकिरन्तीम्scattering, strewing
आकिरन्तीम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-अप्सरसम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootआ-√कॄ (किरति) / आकिरन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अप्सरसम्the Apsaras (nymph)
अप्सरसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
साधुदेविनीम्the good/divine (female) one
साधुदेविनीम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-अप्सरसम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootसाधु-देविनी (प्रातिपदिक; देविनी = ‘देवी/देवता-स्वरूपा’ स्त्री)
ग्लहेin gambling, at the game
ग्लहे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootग्लह (प्रातिपदिक)
कृतानिthings done; deeds; (stakes) made
कृतानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past participle used substantively)
Root√कृ (कृत) / कृत (भूतकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
गृह्णामिI seize, I take
गृह्णामि:
Kartā (अहं)
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
अप्सरसम्the Apsaras
अप्सरसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (अप्सरसम्-समनाधिकरण/अनुवाद)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
हुवेI call, I invoke
हुवे:
Kartā (अहं)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते; वैदिक: हुवे)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa transmission (traditional attribution)

Devata: Apsaras (auspicious form)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (charm cadence)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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