Atharva Veda 18.4.65: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 65

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभू॑द् दू॒तः प्रहि॑तो जा॒तवे॑दाः सा॒यं न्यह्न॑ उप॒वन्द्यो॒ नृभिः॑ । प्रादाः॑ पि॒तृभ्यः॑ स्व॒धया॒ ते अ॑क्षन्न॒द्धि त्वं दे॑व॒ प्रय॑ता ह॒वींषि॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.4.65

IAST Transliteration

ábhūd dūtáḥ práhito jātávedāḥ sāyáṃ nyàhṇa upavándyo nṛ́bhiḥ | prā́dāḥ pitṛ́bhyaḥ svadháyā te ákṣann áddhi tváṃ deva práyatā havī́ṃṣi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Jātavedas became the messenger, dispatched—at evening, at the day’s decline, to be reverenced by men. Thou hast delivered unto the Fathers with svadhā; they have eaten. Do thou, O god, eat the duly presented oblations.

Translation

ชาตเวทัส (Jātavedas) ได้เป็นทูต ผู้ถูกส่งไป—ยามเย็น เมื่อวันเอนลง—เป็นผู้ที่มนุษย์พึงนอบน้อม. ท่านได้มอบแก่บรรพชนพร้อมด้วยสวธา (svadhā); เขาทั้งหลายได้กินแล้ว. ข้าแต่เทพเจ้า ท่านจงเสวยเครื่องบูชา (havīṃṣi) ที่ถวายอย่างถูกต้องเถิด.

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Word by Word

• अभूत्: became; was
• अभूत्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• दूतः: messenger
• दूतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रहितः: sent forth; dispatched
• प्रहितः: कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्र-हि (धातु) → प्रहित (कृदन्त)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदाः: कर्तृ (दूतः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषनाम)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: अधिकरण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• अह्नः: of the day
• अह्नः: सम्बन्ध (काल-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपवन्द्यः: worthy of salutation
• उपवन्द्यः: कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: उप-वन्द् (धातु) → उपवन्द्य (कृदन्त)

• नृभिः: by men
• नृभिः: करण (यैः उपवन्द्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रादाः: you gave forth; you granted
• प्रादाः: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)

• पितृभ्यः: to the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधया: with svadhā (ancestral oblation/food)
• स्वधया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्षन्: they ate
• अक्षन्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)

• अद्धि: eat!
• अद्धि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god (O Deva)
• देव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रयता: prepared; duly offered
• प्रयता: कर्म (कर्मपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु) → प्रयत (कृदन्त)

• हवींषि: oblations
• हवींषि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn seer tradition of AV 18

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (primary), Pitaraḥ (secondary recipients)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta