Atharva Veda 18.3.22: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 22

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सु॒कर्मा॑नः सु॒रुचो॑ देव॒यन्तो॒ अयो॒ न दे॒वा जनि॑मा॒ धम॑न्तः । शु॒चन्तो॑ अ॒ग्निं वा॑वृ॒धन्त॒ इन्द्र॑मु॒र्वीं गव्यां॑ परि॒षदं॑ नो अक्रन्

IAST Transliteration

sukármāṇaḥ surúco devayánto áyo ná devā́ jánimā dhámantaḥ | śúcanto agním vāvṛdhánta índram urvī́ṃ gavyā́ṃ paríṣadaṃ no akran ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Good workers, fair-shining, godward, like gods forging as with iron the very birth—being pure they strengthened Agni; and Indra they strengthened; and for us they made a wide, cattle-rich enclosure and assembly-seat.

Translation

ผู้ทำกรรมดี ผู้ส่องสว่างงดงาม ผู้มุ่งสู่เทพทั้งหลาย—ดุจเทพผู้ตีเหล็ก เขาทั้งหลายตีแต่งแม้แต่ “การบังเกิด” เอง. ด้วยความบริสุทธิ์เขาเพิ่มพูนอัคนี (Agni) และเพิ่มพูนอินทระ (Indra); และเพื่อพวกเรา เขาสร้างคอกกว้างอุดมด้วยโค และที่นั่งแห่งการชุมนุม.

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Word by Word

• सु-कर्माणः: good-doing, of good deeds
• सु-कर्माणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √कृ

• सु-रुचः: bright, splendid
• सु-रुचः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + रुच् (प्रातिपदिक) < √रुच्

• देव-यन्तः: seeking/striving for the gods; god-ward
• देव-यन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: देव-यत् (कृदन्त) < √यत् (प्रयत्न/उद्यत) + देव

• अयः: iron (as a simile)
• अयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनिमा: birth, origin
• जनिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनिमन्/जनिमा (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन्

• धमन्तः: blowing, fanning
• धमन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: √धम्

• शुचन्तः: shining; being pure/bright
• शुचन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: √शुच्

• अग्निम्: Agni; the fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृधन्त: they have increased; they strengthened
• वावृधन्त: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धयति)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उर्वीम्: broad, wide (one)
• उर्वीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• गव्यम्: rich in cattle; bovine
• गव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < गो

• परि-सदम्: assembly; surrounding session/council
• परि-सदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिषद् (प्रातिपदिक) < परि-√सद्

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

• अक्रन्: they made; they fashioned
• अक्रन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛs/primeval ritualists (implicit)

Devata: Agni and Indra (with Pitṛs as exemplars)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta