Atharva Veda 18.4.21: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 21

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒पू॒पवा॒नन्न॑वांश्च॒रुरेह सी॑दतु । लो॒क॒कृतः॑ पथि॒कृतो॑ यजामहे॒ ये दे॒वानां॑ हु॒तभा॑गा इ॒ह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

apūpavā́n annavā́ṃś carúr eha sī́datu | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṃ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the cooked oblation, rich in cake and rich in food, be set down here. We do sacrifice unto the World-builders, the Path-makers, who have their portion in the gods’ oblation: be ye here present.

Translation

ขอให้เครื่องบูชาที่หุงสุก (caru) อันอุดมด้วยขนมบูชา (apūpa) และอาหาร ตั้งลง ณ ที่นี้เถิด. เราบูชาแด่ผู้สร้างโลก ผู้ทำหนทาง—ผู้มีส่วนในเครื่องบูชาที่ถวายแด่เทพทั้งหลาย; ขอท่านทั้งหลายจงมาสถิต ณ ที่นี้.

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Word by Word

• अपूपवान्: having cakes (offering-cakes)
• अपूपवान्: कर्तृ (आह्वेय/आगन्ता) अथवा विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपूप-वत् (प्रातिपदिक) ← अपूप

• नवांश्च: new (ones), and
• नवांश्च: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-आह्वेयाः) अथवा विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरुः: the sacrificial porridge (caru)
• चरुः: कर्तृ (आह्वेय/आगन्ता) अथवा विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (देश) अव्यय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सीदतु: let (him/it) sit down / take a seat
• सीदतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीद) उपवेशने

• लोककृतः: world-makers; those who have made/ordered the world
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य) / विशेष्याः
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: लोक-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √कृ (करणे)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers; those who have made the path
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य) / विशेष्याः
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पथि-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √कृ (करणे)

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

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: सम्बन्ध/अन्वय (यजामहे इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation; entitled to offerings
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (ये ...)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हुत-भाग (समास-प्रातिपदिक); हुत (√हु क्त) + भाग

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थ: be (present)! / stay!
• स्थ: क्रिया (आह्वान/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/सत्तायाम्) — वैदिकः 2nd pl. imperative/ injunctive form

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the AV 18 funerary corpus (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras lineage in ancillary tradition).

Devata: Lokakṛt and Pathikṛt (collective ordainers; often interpreted in a pitṛ/divine-ordainer register).

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in this refrain-formula (edition-dependent scansion).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna