Atharva Veda 16.4.3: Kanda 16, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा मां प्रा॒णो हा॑सी॒न्मो अ॑पा॒नोऽव॒हाय॒ परा॑ गात्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 16.4.3

IAST Transliteration

mā́ māṃ prāṇó hāsīn mó u apā́nó ’vahā́ya párā gāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the Breath forsake me; let not the Out-breath, casting me off, depart away.

Translation

ขอให้ปราณะ (prāṇa ลมหายใจชีวิต) อย่าละทิ้งข้าพเจ้า; ขอให้อปานะ (apāna ลมหายใจลง) อย่าทอดทิ้งข้าพเจ้าแล้วจากไปไกล

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: the vital breath (prāṇa)
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हासीः: (you) should abandon/leave
• हासीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु; ‘त्यागे/हानौ’)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)

• अपानः: the downward breath (apāna)
• अपानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवहाय: having abandoned (me)
• अवहाय: —
• Type: Verb (Absolutive)
• Root: अव + हा (धातु; ‘त्यागे/हानौ’)

• पराः: away
• पराः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-स्वरूप; ‘दूरम्/अपगमे’)

• गात्: went / may go
• गात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गा (धातु; ‘गतौ/गमने’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires anukramaṇī collation)

Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (personified vital breaths)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (needs scan; Atharvanic breath-formulas often compress meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta