Atharva Veda 18.3.38: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 38

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒तश्च॑ मा॒मुत॑श्चावतां य॒मे इ॑व॒ यत॑माने॒ यदै॒तम्। प्र वां॑ भर॒न् मानु॑षा देव॒यन्तो॒ आ सी॑दतां॒ स्वमु॑ लो॒कं विदा॑ने

IAST Transliteration

itaś-cá mām útaś-cāvatāṁ yamé iva yátamāne yadā́ etám | prá vāṁ bháran mā́nuṣā devayánta ā́ sīdatāṁ svámu lokáṁ vidā́ne

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From this side and from that side, as though in Yama’s domain, let them protect me, the twain who strive, when men, god-seeking, bear this one forth. Let them sit down, finding their own world, their proper realm.

Translation

ขอให้ทั้งจากฟากนี้และฟากนั้น—ประหนึ่งอยู่ในแดนของยมะ (Yama)—คู่ผู้เพียรพยายามทั้งสองจงคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้า เมื่อมนุษย์ผู้แสวงหาเทพทั้งหลายอุ้มพาผู้นี้ออกไป. ขอให้เขาทั้งสองนั่งลง เมื่อได้รู้และพบโลกของตนเอง—แดนที่ควรแก่ตน.

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Word by Word

• इतश्च: from here/this side and
• इतश्च: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) + च

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

• उतश्च: and also
• उतश्च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय) + च

• अवताम्: let them protect
• अवताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव (धातु) / अव् (रक्षणे)

• यमे: in Yama (’s realm)
• यमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) / यम (देवता)

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

• यतमानॆ: while the two are striving/contending
• यतमानॆ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle
• Root: यत् (धातु) + मान (शानच्/मान) → यतमान

• यदा: when
• यदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्

• प्र: forth/forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• भरन्: bringing/bearing
• भरन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• मानुषाः: men/humans
• मानुषाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयन्तः: seeking the gods / worshipping
• देवयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: देवय (धातु/नामधातु: देवयति ‘देव-इच्छा/देव-सेवा’) + शतृ

• आ: hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• सीदताम्: let the two sit/settle
• सीदताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) (सीदति)

• स्वम्: their own
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed/now (particle)
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदाने: when the two know/are knowing (in knowledge)
• विदाने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle
• Root: विद् (धातु) + आन (कृदन्त: विदान ‘knowing/wise’)

Attribution

Rishi: Antyeṣṭi/Pitṛmedha Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Dual protective guides/guardians associated with the path to Yama/Pitṛ-world (interpretation varies by tradition)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (by length and cadence; edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta