Atharva Veda 19.49.3: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 3

Sukta 49

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्ये॒ वन्दे॒ सुभ॑गे॒ सुजा॑त॒ आज॑ग॒न् रात्रि॑ सु॒मना॑ इ॒ह स्या॑म्। अ॒स्मांस्त्रा॑यस्व॒ नर्या॑णि जा॒ता अथो॒ यानि॒ गव्या॑नि पु॒ष्ठ्या

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.49.3

IAST Transliteration

várye vánde súbhage sújāta ā́jagan rā́tri sumánā ihá syām | asmā́n trāyasva náryāṇi jātā́ átho yā́ni gávyāni púṣṭhyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O choice and worshipful, O fortunate, well-born—Night hath arrived: may we be here of gracious mind. Protect us from the human harms that have arisen, and also from whatever touches cattle-wealth and nourishing increase.

Translation

ผู้ประเสริฐควรเลือกสรร ผู้ควรบูชา ผู้เป็นสิริมงคล ผู้เกิดดี—ราตรีได้มาถึงแล้ว; ขอให้เรามีจิตใจผ่องใสเมตตาอยู่ ณ ที่นี้. ขอทรงคุ้มครองเราจากโทษภัยของมนุษย์ที่บังเกิดขึ้น และจากสิ่งใดๆ ที่กระทบทรัพย์แห่งโคและความอุดมเลี้ยงชีพด้วยเถิด.

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Word by Word

• वर्ये: in/at the excellent (place/condition)
• वर्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ/√वर् ‘choose, prefer’ से ‘श्रेष्ठ/वरणीय’)

• वन्दे: I praise / I bow to
• वन्दे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्द् (स्तुतौ/नमस्कारे)

• सुभगे: O fortunate one
• सुभगे: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative) प्रयुक्तः
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुजाते: O well-born one
• सुजाते: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative) प्रयुक्तः
• Root: सुजात (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• जगन्: has come
• जगन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गत्यर्थे) → जगन् (परस्मैपद-लिट्/परफेक्ट का 3sg रूप ‘जगाम’ का वैदिक/छान्दस रूप)

• रात्रि: O Night
• रात्रि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative) प्रयुक्तः
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमनाः: well-disposed, kindly-minded
• सुमनाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्याम्: may I be
• स्याम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/सत्तायाम्) → स्याम्

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• त्रायस्व: protect (you)
• त्रायस्व: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रा (रक्षणे)

• नर्याणि: human (ills/evils) / things pertaining to men
• नर्याणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantive) / Noun-like
• Root: नर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मनुष्य-सम्बन्धी/वीर्ययुक्त’)

• जाताः: born, arisen
• जाताः: —
• Type: Participle (past passive) used adjectivally
• Root: √जन् (जन्मनि) → जात (कृदन्त)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अथ + उ)

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• गव्यानि: bovine-related (evils/afflictions)
• गव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक; गो-सम्बन्धी)

• पुष्ठ्या: by/with nourishment, prosperity
• पुष्ठ्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (instrumental)
• Root: पुष्ठ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पोष/समृद्धि-सम्बन्धी’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (Book 19 late strata)

Devata: Rātri

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (late, somewhat irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira