Atharva Veda 12.3.41: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 41

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वसो॒र्या धारा॒ मधु॑ना॒ प्रपी॑ना घृ॒तेन॑ मि॒श्रा अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभ॑यः । सर्वा॒स्ता अव॑ रुन्धे स्व॒र्गः ष॒ष्ट्यां श॒रत्सु॑ निधि॒पा अ॒भीच्छात्

IAST Transliteration

váso ryā́ dhā́rā mádhunā prápīnā ghṛténa miśrā́ amṛ́tasya nā́bhayaḥ | sárvā́s tā́ áva rundhe svargáḥ ṣaṣṭyā́ṃ śarátsu nidhípā abhī́cchāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The streams of Wealth—those full-fed with honey, blended with ghee—are the very hubs of Immortality. All these doth Heaven shut in and make secure: the Treasure-keeper hath desired them for the sixtieth year, through the rounds of autumns.

Translation

ธาราแห่งทรัพย์—อิ่มเอิบด้วยน้ำผึ้ง ผสานด้วยฆี (เนยใส)—เป็นดุมกลาง เป็นนาภีแห่งอมฤตะ. สวรรค์ปิดล้อมคุ้มครองสิ่งเหล่านี้ทั้งหมดให้มั่นคง: ผู้พิทักษ์ขุมทรัพย์ปรารถนามันตลอดปีที่หกสิบ ผ่านวาระแห่งฤดูสารท (ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง) ที่เวียนมาแล้วเวียนไป.

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Word by Word

• वसोः: of wealth / of the Vasus (wealth-givers)
• वसोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु

• या: which
• या: कर्तृ (of the copular/elliptic clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धारा: stream, flow
• धारा: कर्तृ/विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• प्रपीना: filled, abundant
• प्रपीना: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (past participial) / Kṛdanta
• Root: प्र-√पी (पीञ्/प्याय् ‘to swell, be full, be rich’)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत

• मिश्राः: mixed
• मिश्राः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिश्र

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत

• नाभयः: navels, hubs, centers
• नाभयः: कर्तृ/विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: सर्व

• ताः: those
• ताः: कर्तृ (apposition to सर्वाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• अव: down, away; completely
• अव: (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: अव

• रुन्धे: restrains, blocks, shuts in
• रुन्धे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (रुधिर्/रुध्) ‘to obstruct, restrain, shut in’

• स्वर्गः: heaven, the heavenly world
• स्वर्गः: कर्तृ/विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग

• षष्ट्याम्: in the sixtieth
• षष्ट्याम्: अधिकरण (time-locative)
• Type: Numeral (as noun)
• Root: षष्टि

• शरत्सु: in (the) autumns / years
• शरत्सु: अधिकरण (time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद्

• निधिपाः: treasure-keepers, guardians of the deposit
• निधिपाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधिप (निधि + पा ‘protector/keeper’)

• अभीच्छात्: desired, sought (for)
• अभीच्छात्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√इष्/√इच्छ् (इष्/इच्छ् ‘to desire, seek’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable).

Devata: Vasu/Wealth, Svarga (as securing power), Amṛta (immortality-essence).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta