Atharva Veda 18.2.13: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 13

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒रू॒ण॒साव॑सु॒तृपा॑वुदुम्ब॒लौ य॒मस्य॑ दू॒तौ च॑रतो॒ जनां॒ अनु॑ । ताव॒स्मभ्यं॑ दृ॒शये॒ सूर्या॑य॒ पुन॑र्दाता॒मसु॑म॒द्येह भ॒द्रम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.2.13

IAST Transliteration

urūṇasā́u vasutṛ́pāu udumbalā́u yámasya dūtáu carato jánāṃ ánu | tā́v asmábhyaṃ dṛśáye sū́ryāya púnar dātām ásum adyéhá bhadrám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Broad-nosed, well-content with goodly store, udumbara-marked—Yama’s two messengers—these roam, following after men. Let those two, for us, give back for sight, for the Sun, the life-breath again—this day, here—auspicious good.

Translation

ผู้มีจมูกกว้าง ผู้พอใจด้วยทรัพย์อันดี ผู้มีเครื่องหมายอุทุมพละ (udumbara)—ทูตทั้งสองของยมะ (Yama)—ย่อมเที่ยวไปตามผู้คน. ขอทูตทั้งสองนั้นจงคืนให้แก่พวกเรา: การเห็น เพื่อสุริยะ (Sūrya) และคืนลมหายใจ (asu) อีกครั้ง—ในวันนี้ ณ ที่นี้—ให้เกิดความดีอันเป็นมงคล.

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Word by Word

• उरूणसा: (the two) named Urūṇasā
• उरूणसा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरूणसा (प्रातिपदिक; यम-सम्बद्धः, ‘उरूणस’ इति नाम)

• वसुत्रिपा: (the two) named Vasutripā
• वसुत्रिपा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुत्रिपा (प्रातिपदिक; यम-सम्बद्धः, ‘वसु-तृप’ इति नाम)

• उदुम्बलौ: the two Udumbalas (a pair so called)
• उदुम्बलौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूतौ: two messengers
• दूतौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चरतो: they two move / roam
• चरतो: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशये: for (our) seeing / for visibility
• दृशये: Sampradāna (purpose/for sight)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृशय (णिच्-प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारः ‘दर्शयितृ/दर्शन’ भावः)

• सूर्याय: to the Sun / for the Sun
• सूर्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• दाताम्: let them two give / may they restore
• दाताम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)

• असुम्: life-breath, vital spirit
• असुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भद्रम्: good, welfare, auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma (result/boon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funeral tradition (AV 18)

Devata: Yama’s two dogs/messengers; Sūrya as the sphere of restored life

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta