Atharva Veda 18.3.10: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 10

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्च॑सा॒ मां पि॒तरः॑ सो॒म्यासो॒ अञ्ज॑न्तु दे॒वा मधु॑ना घृ॒तेन॑ । चक्षु॑षे मा प्रत॒रं ता॒रय॑न्तो ज॒रसे॑ मा ज॒रद॑ष्टिं वर्धन्तु

IAST Transliteration

várcasā māṃ pitáraḥ somyā́so áñjantu devā́ mádhunā ghṛténa | cákṣuṣe mā prataráṃ tāráyanto járase mā jaradáṣṭiṃ vardhantu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With lustre let the Soma-blest Fathers anoint me; let the Gods anoint with honey and with ghee. Ferrying me safely over to clearer seeing, let them increase for me old age, yea, the firm strength of age.

Translation

ขอเหล่าบิดรผู้เป็นสุขด้วยโสมเจิมข้าพเจ้าด้วยรัศมี; ขอเหล่าเทพเจิมด้วยน้ำผึ้งและฆี (เนยใส). เมื่อพาข้าพเจ้าข้ามไปโดยสวัสดิ์สู่การเห็นอันกระจ่างกว่าเดิม ขอพวกท่านเพิ่มพูนความชราแก่ข้าพเจ้า—คือพละกำลังอันมั่นคงแห่งวัยชรา.

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Word by Word

• वर्चसा: with splendor/brightness
• वर्चसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस्

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पितरः: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ

• सोम्यासः: Soma-associated, Soma-loving
• सोम्यासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य

• अञ्जन्तु: may they anoint/smear
• अञ्जन्तु: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: अञ्ज्

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• मधुना: with honey/sweetness
• मधुना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत

• चक्षुषे: for (my) sight/eye
• चक्षुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रतरम्: further across; more safely/forward
• प्रतरम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective (comparative used adverbially)
• Root: प्रतर

• तारयन्तः: (they) causing to cross, delivering
• तारयन्तः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: तॄ (तारयति)

• जरसे: for old age; for lasting life
• जरसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरस्

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• जरदष्टिम्: old-age staff; support in old age
• जरदष्टिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरदष्टि

• वर्धन्तु: may they increase/strengthen
• वर्धन्तु: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्

Attribution

Rishi: Funerary corpus attribution (variable by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Pitṛs and Devas (ancestral and divine restorers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta