Atharva Veda 13.2.13 - Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 13

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Atharva Veda 13.2.13: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒भावन्तौ॒ सम॑र्षसि व॒त्सः सं॑मा॒तरा॑विव । न॒न्वे॒३तदि॒तः पु॒रा ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा अ॒मी वि॑दुः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.13

IAST Transliteration

ubhā́vantau sám arṣasi vatsáḥ sámmā́tarāv iva | nánv etád itáḥ purā́ bráhma devā́ amī́ viduḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To both the helping ones thou runnest together, like a calf unto its two mothers. Surely this sacred lore from hence of old those very Gods have known.

Translation

พระองค์วิ่งเข้าหาผู้เกื้อหนุนทั้งสองพร้อมกัน ดุจลูกโควิ่งเข้าหาแม่ทั้งสอง. แท้จริงแล้ว พรหมัน (brahman—ถ้อยคำ/ญาณศักดิ์สิทธิ์) นี้ซึ่งมีมาแต่โบราณ ณ ที่นี้ เหล่าเทพเหล่านั้นได้รู้แล้ว.

Word by Word

उभौboth (two)

अन्तौends, extremities

समर्षसिyou rush/you move together

वत्सःthe calf

सम्together, completely

मातरौ(his) two mothers

इवlike, as

ननुindeed, surely (emphatic particle)

एतत्this

अतःfrom this; therefore

पुराformerly, of old

ब्रह्मsacred utterance; holy power (brahman)

देवाःthe gods

अमीthose (yonder)

विदुःthey have known / they knew

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 13 solar hymn tradition; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī.

Devata: Sūrya in relation to Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (the ‘two mothers’).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

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