Atharva Veda 18.3.28: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 28

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोमो॑ मा॒ विश्वै॑र्दे॒वैरुदी॑च्या दि॒शः पा॑तु बाहु॒च्युता॑ पृथि॒वी द्यामि॑वो॒परि॑ । लो॒क॒कृतः॑ पथि॒कृतो॑ यजामहे॒ ये दे॒वानां॑ हु॒तभा॑गा इ॒ह स्थ

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.3.28

IAST Transliteration

sómo mā víśvair deváir udī́cyā diśáḥ pātu bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṃ hutábhāgā ihá sthá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Soma, with all the Gods, guard me from the northern quarter; and Earth, slipped from my arm, be over me as it were the Sky. The world-ordainers, the path-ordainers—those who have their portion of oblation among the Gods—we worship: here may they stand.

Translation

ขอให้โสมะ (Soma) พร้อมด้วยเทพทั้งปวง ปกปักรักษาข้าพเจ้าจากทิศเหนือ; และขอให้แผ่นดิน—ซึ่งหลุดจากแขนของข้าพเจ้า—อยู่เหนือข้าพเจ้าดุจดังท้องฟ้า. เราบูชาเหล่าผู้จัดระเบียบโลก ผู้จัดระเบียบหนทาง—ผู้มีส่วนแห่งเครื่องบูชาในหมู่เทพทั้งหลาย; ขอให้ท่านทั้งหลายยืนอยู่ ณ ที่นี้.

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Word by Word

• सोमः: Soma (deity/plant-juice)
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) / सोम-

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वैः: with all
• विश्वैः: सह/करण (सहचर्ये)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: सह/करण (सहचर्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदीच्या: of the northern
• उदीच्या: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीच्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: direction/quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• बाहुच्युता: not fallen from the arms / arm-supporting (steadfast)
• बाहुच्युता: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहु-च्युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √च्यु ‘to fall/slide’)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्याम्: heaven/sky
• द्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as/like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• लोककृतः: world-makers / creators of the worlds
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: लोक-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ ‘to make’)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers / makers of the paths
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पथि-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)

• यजामहे: we worship/sacrifice
• यजामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धकः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation / entitled to offerings
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हुत-भाग (कृदन्त/समास-प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’ + भाग)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थ: you are / you stand (present here)
• स्थ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) / स्था? (वैदिक रूप)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 18 corpus)

Devata: Soma with the Viśve Devāḥ; cosmic guardians

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta