Atharva Veda 12.2.28 — Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 28

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वै॒श्व॒दे॒वीं वर्च॑स॒ आ र॑भध्वं शु॒द्धा भव॑न्तः॒ शुच॑यः पाव॒काः । अ॒ति॒क्राम॑न्तो दुरि॒ता प॒दानि॑ श॒तं हिमाः॒ सर्व॑वीरा मदेम

IAST Transliteration

vaíśvadevī́m várcasa ā́ rabhadhvaṁ śuddhā́ bhávantaḥ śúcayaḥ pāvakā́ḥ | atikrā́manto duritā́ padā́ni śatáṁ himā́ḥ sárvavīrā madem

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lay hold upon the Vaiśvadeva glory and the lustre: be ye made pure—ye pure ones, ye purifiers. Passing beyond the evil steps and perilous stations, may we rejoice a hundred winters, with all our heroes about us.

Translation

จงยึดมั่นในศรีและรัศมีแห่งไวศวเทวะ (Vaiśvadeva) ให้แน่นเถิด; พวกท่านจงเป็นผู้บริสุทธิ์—โอ้ผู้ผ่องใส ผู้ชำระล้าง ผู้ชำระด้วยไฟ (pāvaka). เมื่อก้าวข้ามรอยเท้าแห่งความชั่วและสถานที่อันคับขันทั้งหลายแล้ว ขอให้เรารื่นเริงอยู่ครบหนึ่งร้อยฤดูหนาว พร้อมด้วยวีรชนทั้งปวงของเรา.

Word by Word

• वैश्वदेवीम्: the all-divine (power), belonging to all the gods
• वैश्वदेवीम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैश्वदेवी- (प्रातिपदिक; वैश्वदेव- से)

• वर्चसः: of radiance, of splendor
• वर्चसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto (prefix: ‘take/attain’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रभध्वम्: take hold (of), grasp, attain
• रभध्वम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् (रभँ) + आ-

• शुद्धाः: purified
• शुद्धाः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध- (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √शुध्/√शुच् ‘to be pure’ से)

• भवन्तः: you (being), you all
• भवन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्- (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचयः: clean, pure
• शुचयः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पावकाः: purifiers; (fire-like) cleansing ones
• पावकाः: कर्तृ (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिक्रामन्तः: overstepping, passing beyond
• अतिक्रामन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति- + √क्रम् (क्रमुँ) (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• दुरितानि: evils, sins, misfortunes
• दुरितानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदानि: steps; paths
• पदानि: कर्म (गत्यर्थे: ‘steps/paths’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत- (संख्यापद/प्रातिपदिक)

• हिमाः: winters; years (lit. winters)
• हिमाः: अधिकरण (कालवाचक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्ववीराः: having all heroes/sons; fully manned, with all offspring
• सर्ववीराः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ववीर- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + वीर)

• मदेम: may we rejoice, be glad
• मदेम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (मदँ)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic seers of the Pṛthivī/Universal order cycle (12.2); specific r̥ṣi assignment varies in ancillary lists.

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / Varcas (personified splendour) with apotropaic force

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; 4 pādas of ~11 syllables)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira