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Atharva Veda 18.2.60: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 60

Sukta 2

धनु॒र्हस्ता॑दा॒ददा॑नो मृ॒तस्य॑ स॒ह क्ष॒त्रेण॒ वर्च॑सा॒ बले॑न । स॒मागृ॑भाय॒ वसु॒ भूरि॑ पु॒ष्टम॒र्वाङ्त्वमेह्युप॑ जीवलो॒कम्

dhánur hastā́d ādádāno mṛtásya sahá kṣatréṇa várcasā bálenā | samā́gṛbhāya vásu bhū́ri púṣṭam arvā́ṅ tvám ehí úpa jīvalokám

Taking the bow from the hand of the dead, with kingly power, with splendour, with strength—grasp thou together abundant, thriving wealth; hitherward come thou, draw near unto the world of the living.

จงรับคันธนูจากมือของผู้ตาย พร้อมด้วยอำนาจกษัตริย์ รัศมี และกำลัง—จงรวบรวมทรัพย์อันอุดมและความอิ่มเอมให้พร้อมกัน; จงหันมาทางนี้และมาเถิด จงเข้าใกล้โลกของผู้มีชีวิต

धनुःbow
धनुः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
हस्तात्from the hand
हस्तात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
आददानःtaking, seizing
आददानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√दा (आ + दा) / आददान (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
मृतस्यof the dead (man)
मृतस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमृत (प्रातिपदिक; √मृ ‘to die’ से निष्पन्न) / मृत (विशेषण/संज्ञा)
सहtogether with
सह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
क्षत्रेणwith dominion/royal power
क्षत्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्चसाwith splendor, radiance
वर्चसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
बलेनwith strength
बलेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
समागृभायmay you grasp/receive (fully)
समागृभाय:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह (सम् + आ + ग्रह) / समागृभ (इच्छार्थ/आशीर्लिङ्-रूप)
वसुwealth, good
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
भूरिmuch, abundant
भूरि:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootभूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
पुष्टम्nourished, thriving
पुष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √पुष् ‘to thrive’ से निष्पन्न)
अर्वाङ्towards here, hither
अर्वाङ्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एहिcome
एहि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√इ (आगमनार्थ)
उपnear, towards
उप:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जीवलोकम्the world of the living
जीवलोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजीवलोक (समास-प्रातिपदिक: जीव + लोक)

Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition (specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī varies)

Devata: Auspicious powers reclaimed from Death; implicitly opposed to Mṛtyu/Yama

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic flexibility)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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