Atharva Veda 2.35.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 4

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घो॒रा ऋष॑यो॒ नमो॑ अस्त्वेभ्य॒श्चक्षु॒र्यदे॑षां॒ मन॑सश्च स॒त्यम्। बृह॒स्पत॑ये महिष द्यु॒मन्नमो॒ विश्व॑कर्म॒न् नम॑स्ते पा॒ह्य॑१स्मा॑न्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.35.4

IAST Transliteration

ghórā́ ṛ́ṣayo námo astv ebhyaś cákṣur yád eṣā́m mánasaś ca satyám | bṛ́haspátaye mahiṣa dyumán námo víśvakarman námas te pā́hy asmā́n ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage be unto those dread Rishis, whose eye is keen, and whose mind is truth. Homage to Bṛhaspati, O mighty, radiant One; homage, O Viśvakarman: homage to thee—protect us.

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่เหล่าฤๅษีผู้เกรียงไกรน่าเกรงขาม ผู้มีดวงตาแหลมคม และมีจิตเป็นสัจจะ. ขอนอบน้อมแด่พฤหัสปติ (Bṛhaspati) โอผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ผู้รุ่งเรือง. ขอนอบน้อมแด่วิศวกรรมัน (Viśvakarman): ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน—ขอจงคุ้มครองพวกเรา.

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Word by Word

• घोराः: terrible (ones)
• घोराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• वेभ्यः: to you (all)
• वेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these / of them
• एषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसः: of the mind
• मनसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सत्यम्: truth; true (thing)
• सत्यम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पतये: to Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिष: O mighty one / O bull (epithet)
• महिष: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यु-मत्: splendid; possessing brilliance
• द्यु-मत्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यु-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वकर्मन्: O Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मन्: —
• Type: Noun (proper, vocative)
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘पालने/रक्षणे’)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not securely determinable from the single verse alone).

Devata: Ṛṣis (as powerful beings), Bṛhaspati, and Viśvakarman.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with prose-like expansions (needs full-sūkta metrical audit).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara