Atharva Veda 1.3.2: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 2

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒द्मा श॒रस्य॑ पि॒तरं॑ मि॒त्रं श॒तवृ॑ष्ण्यम् । ते॑ना ते त॒न्वे॒३ शं क॑रं पृथि॒व्यां ते॑ नि॒षेच॑नं ब॒हिष्टे॑ अस्तु॒ बालिति॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.3.2

IAST Transliteration

vidmá śarásya pitáraṁ mitráṁ śatá-vṛ́ṣṇyam | ténā te tanvé śáṁ-karaṁ pṛthivyā́ṁ te ni-ṣécanaṁ bahís-te astu bāl íti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know the Father of Śara, Mitra, of hundredfold might. Therewith, for thy body, making welfare—upon the earth—let thine in-sprinkling be without thee: so (be it).

Translation

เรารู้จักบิดาแห่งศระ (Śara) คือมิตระ (Mitra) ผู้มีกำลังกล้าเป็นร้อยเท่า ด้วยอำนาจนั้นขอให้เกิดความสวัสดีแก่กายของท่าน; บนแผ่นดินนี้ขอให้การหลั่งรด (niṣecana) ของท่านออกไปอยู่นอกกาย—ว่า “bal!” ขอให้เป็นดังนั้น.

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Word by Word

• विद्मा: we know
• विद्मा: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने)

• शरस्य: of the reed/arrow (śara)
• शरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरम्: the father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रम्: the friend; Mitra
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतवृष्ण्यम्: possessing a hundredfold vigor/strength
• शतवृष्ण्यम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for (your) body
• तन्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being; welfare
• शम्: Karma (goal/result)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• करम्: making (it) well; beneficent
• करम्: Karma (resultative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ-सम्बद्धः ‘कर’ = making/doing)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निषेचनम्: sprinkling; anointing; infusion
• निषेचनम्: Kartā/Predicate-noun (of ‘अस्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-√सिच् (सिच् सेचने) → निषेचन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• बहिष्टे: in the outermost/outside place
• बहिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय) + -तम (तद्धित) → बहिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (Copula/vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस् भुवि)

• बालिति: ‘bāli’—thus (uttered)
• बालिति: (Quotation/utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable (quotation marker with vocable)
• Root: बालि (इति-पूर्वकं नाम/उद्गारः) + इति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for early AV hymns)

Devata: Mitra (as pacifier and establisher of concord/health); ancillary: Śara as a named protective power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira