Atharva Veda 3.3.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 2

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दू॒रे चि॒त् सन्त॑मरु॒षास॒ इन्द्र॒मा च्या॑वयन्तु स॒ख्याय॒ विप्र॑म्। यद् गा॑य॒त्रीं बृ॑ह॒तीम॒र्कम॑स्मै सौत्राम॒ण्या दधृ॑षन्त दे॒वाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.3.2

IAST Transliteration

dūré cit sántam aruṣā́sa índram ā́ cyā́vayantu sakhyā́ya vípram | yád gā́yatrīm bṛhatī́m árkam asmai sautrāmaṇyā́ dadhṛ́ṣanta devā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Though he be far away, let the ruddy Powers set Indra in motion hither, for friendship, (to aid) the inspired priest; for when, with the Sautrāmaṇī, the Gods took courage to frame for him the Gāyatrī, the Bṛhatī, and the hymn of praise.

Translation

แม้เขาจะอยู่ไกลนัก ขอให้เหล่าอำนาจสีแดงเรื่อจงเร้าอินทราให้เคลื่อนมาที่นี่ เพื่อมิตรภาพ เพื่อช่วยพราหมณ์ผู้มีญาณ. เพราะเมื่อเหล่าเทพได้กล้าหาญขึ้นด้วยพิธีสอุตรามณี (Sautrāmaṇī) พวกเขาก็ได้รังสรรค์ให้เขา—คาถาไกยตรี (Gāyatrī), บฤหตี (Bṛhatī), และบทสรรเสริญ.

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Word by Word

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• सन्तम्: being, existing
• सन्तम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अस् (धातु) → सन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुषासः: the ruddy ones (dawns / reddish lights)
• अरुषासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• च्यावयन्तु: may they cause to move/bring
• च्यावयन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु) [णिच्]

• सख्याय: for friendship, for companionship
• सख्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्रम्: the inspired sage
• विप्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (of implied ‘they fashioned/produced’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गायत्रीम्: the Gāyatrī (metre/chant)
• गायत्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहतीम्: the Bṛhatī (metre)
• बृहतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्कम्: a hymn/chant (arka)
• अर्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him (to Indra)
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मद्-प्रयोगः (दत्त्यर्थे)

• सौत्रामण्याः: (as) Sautrāmaṇī(-deities/rites), of the Sautrāmaṇī
• सौत्रामण्याः: Kartā (appositional/qualifying)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौत्रामणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधृषन्त: they dared, they ventured
• दधृषन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृष् (धातु)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (as per AV anukramaṇī for 3.3; requires recension-specific confirmation).

Devata: Indra (with luminous ‘aruṣa’ helpers; chandas invoked as auxiliary power).

Chandas: Mixed/triadic chandas-reference within the verse (Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī); the verse itself is not simply reducible to a single meter because it thematizes meters as operative forces.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta