Atharva Veda 18.2.29: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 29

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं वि॑शन्त्वि॒ह पि॒तरः॒ स्वा नः॑ स्यो॒नं कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ प्रति॒रन्त॒ आयुः॑ । तेभ्यः॑ शकेम ह॒विषा॒ नक्ष॑माणा॒ ज्योग् जीव॑न्तः श॒रदः॑ पुरू॒चीः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.2.29

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ víśantv ihá pitáraḥ svā́ naḥ syonáṃ kṛṇvántaḥ pratiránta ā́yuḥ | tébhyaḥ śakema havíṣā nákṣamāṇā jyóg jī́vantaḥ śarádaḥ purūcī́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the Fathers, our own, enter together here; making for us a kindly resting-place, repelling away our life’s undoing. To them may we have power to reach with oblation, attaining their grace—living long, through many an autumn.

Translation

ขอให้บรรพชนของเรา—เหล่าปิตฤ (Pitṛ)—พากันเข้ามาที่นี่พร้อมกันเถิด; ขอท่านทั้งหลายจงจัดที่พักอันร่มเย็นเป็นมงคลแก่เรา และขับไล่สิ่งที่ทำลายอายุของเราให้ถอยไป. ขอให้เรามีกำลังเข้าถึงท่านด้วยเครื่องบูชา (havis) ได้รับความโปรดปราน—เพื่อให้มีชีวิตยืนยาว ผ่านฤดูใบไม้ร่วงมากมาย.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• विशन्तु: may (they) enter
• विशन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ​विश् (viś)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पितरः: the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (pitr̥)

• स्वाः: our own, kindly (as our own)
• स्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (sva)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्योनम्: pleasant, comfortable, kindly
• स्योनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (syona)

• कृण्वन्तः: making, fashioning
• कृण्वन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (kṛ)

• प्रतिरन्त: may (they) delight in / may (they) grant enjoyment
• प्रतिरन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + रम् (ram)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (āyus)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• शकेम: may we be able
• शकेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (śak)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (havis)

• नक्षमाणाः: attaining / being able (to reach)
• नक्षमाणाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नक्ष् (nakṣ) (attain, reach) अथवा नक्ष् (be able) — वैदिक प्रयोग

• ज्योग्: for a long time
• ज्योग्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्योग् (jyog)

• जीवन्तः: living
• जीवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (jīv)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (śarad)

• पुरूचीः: many, abundant
• पुरूचीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरूची (purūcī)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pitṛ-hymn seers in AV 18 (Aṅgiras/Atharvanic tradition; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitaraḥ (the Fathers/ancestors)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant cadence in this verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna