Atharva Veda 2.29.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 4

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रे॑ण द॒त्तो वरु॑णेन शि॒ष्टो म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः प्रहि॑तो न॒ आग॑न्। ए॒ष वां॑ द्यावापृथिवी उ॒पस्थे॒ मा क्षु॑ध॒न्मा तृ॑षत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.29.4

IAST Transliteration

índreṇa dattó váruṇena śiṣṭó marúdbhir ugráḥ práhito na ā́gan | eṣá vā́m dyāvāpṛthivī upásthe mā́ kṣúdhān mā́ tṛ́ṣat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bestowed by Indra, ordered by Varuṇa, fierce, by the Maruts sent forth, it hath come unto us. This (charge) is in your lap, O Heaven and Earth: let it not hunger, let it not thirst.

Translation

อินทระ (Indra) ประทานแล้ว วรุณะ (Varuṇa) บัญชาแล้ว; ผู้เกรี้ยวกราดนั้น มารุต (Maruts) ส่งมา และมาถึงเราแล้ว. สิ่งนี้อยู่ในตักของท่านทั้งสอง คือฟ้าและแผ่นดิน: ขออย่าให้หิว ขออย่าให้กระหาย.

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रेण: by/with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: —
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)

• वरुणेन: by/with Varuṇa
• वरुणेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिष्टः: instructed/ordained
• शिष्टः: —
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: शास् (धातु) → शिष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)

• मरुद्भिः: by/with the Maruts
• मरुद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रः: fierce, mighty
• उग्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रहितः: sent forth, dispatched
• प्रहितः: —
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: प्र-हि (धातु) → प्रहित (कृदन्त, क्त)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आगन्: came
• आगन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of/for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (Dual compound)
• Root: द्यावा-पृथिवी (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap/bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• क्षुधन्: be hungry
• क्षुधन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षुध् (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• तृषत्: be thirsty
• तृषत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth), with Indra, Varuṇa, and the Maruts as empowering authorities

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh-like cadence in the first pāda sequence with a shorter closing prohibition (edition-dependent scansion)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira