Atharva Veda 19.18.4: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 4

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वरु॑णं॒ त आ॑दि॒त्यव॑न्तमृच्छन्तु ।ये मा॑घा॒यव॑ ए॒तस्या॑ दि॒शोऽभि॒दासा॑त्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.18.4

IAST Transliteration

váruṇaṃ te ādityávantaṃ ṛchantu | yé mā́ghāyáva etásyā diśó ’bhídāsāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Varuṇa, Āditya-endowed, let them betake them—those gain-seeking plotters—from this quarter’s act of hostile assault.

Translation

ขอให้พวกผู้วางอุบายเพื่อหวังลาภ—จากการรุกรานอันเป็นศัตรูที่มาจากทิศนี้—จงไปสู่วรุณะ (Varuṇa) ผู้ทรงเดชแห่งอาทิตยะ (Āditya) เถิด.

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Word by Word

• वरुणम्: Varuṇa (as object)
• वरुणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्यवन्तम्: endowed with the Ādityas / having Āditya-power
• आदित्यवन्तम्: कर्म (विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)

• ऋच्छन्तु: let (them) go/approach
• ऋच्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु; गत्यर्थः)

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

• माघायवः: the Māghāyus (people connected with/under Māghā; a named group)
• माघायवः: कर्तृ (ये इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘माघ’ + आयु/आयिन्-भावः; ‘माघायू’ = माघ-सम्बद्धः/माघ-कालीनः इत्यर्थे)

• एतस्याः: of this
• एतस्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अभिदासात्: attacked/assailed (from/against)
• अभिदासात्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-दास् (धातु; ‘दास्’ = हिंसार्थ/उपद्रव-करणे; उपसर्गः ‘अभि-’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi uncertain)

Devata: Varuṇa (with Ādityas)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late AV)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra