Atharva Veda 18.4.55: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 55

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा॑ य॒माय॑ ह॒र्म्यमव॑प॒न् पञ्च॑ मान॒वाः । ए॒वा व॑पामि ह॒र्म्यं यथा॑ मे॒ भूर॒योऽस॑त

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.4.55

IAST Transliteration

yáthā yamā́ya harmyám avápan páñca mānavā́ḥ | evā́ vapāmi harmyáṃ yáthā me bhūráyo ’sát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As for Yama a mansion the five sons of Manu built down, even so build I a mansion—so that for me there may be abundance.

Translation

ดังที่บุตรทั้งห้าของมานุ (मानव) ได้สร้างคฤหาสน์ (हर्म्य) ลงไปเพื่อยมะ (यम) ฉันใด ข้าพเจ้าก็สร้างคฤหาสน์ฉันนั้น เพื่อให้ข้าพเจ้ามีความอุดมสมบูรณ์มากมาย.

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• यमाय: to Yama
• यमाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• हर्म्यम्: a house; dwelling
• हर्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवपन्: they built/constructed (lit. they strewed/laid down)
• अवपन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वप् (वपन/वप्)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या)

• मानवाः: men; mortals
• मानवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: so; just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• वपामि: I build/construct (lit. I strew/lay down)
• वपामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वप्

• हर्म्यम्: a house; dwelling
• हर्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• मे: my; for me
• मे: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• भूरयः: many; abundant
• भूरयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• असत: may they be
• असत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/अस्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition (variable).

Devata: Yama (as recipient/overseer); secondarily prosperity/abundance as desired outcome.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (two pādas; compact domestic-ritual style).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira