Atharva Veda 3.8.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धा॒ता रा॒तिः स॑वि॒तेदं जु॑षन्ता॒मिन्द्र॒स्त्वष्टा॒ प्रति॑ हर्यन्तु मे॒ वचः॑ । हु॒वे दे॒वीमदि॑तिं॒ शूर॑पुत्रां सजा॒तानां॑ मध्यमे॒ष्ठा यथासा॑नि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.8.2

IAST Transliteration

dhā́tā rātíḥ savité́daṃ juṣantām índras tváṣṭā práti haryantu me vácáḥ | huvè devī́m áditiṃ śū́raputrāṃ sajātā́nāṃ madhyaméṣṭhā yáthā́ sānī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Dhātṛ, Bounty, and Savitar take pleasure in this; let Indra and Tvaṣṭṛ approve my speech. I call on the goddess Aditi, the hero’s daughter, that among my co-born peers I may stand in the middle—pre-eminent.

Translation

ขอให้ธาตฤ (Dhātṛ) ราติ (Rāti: การประทาน) และสวิตฤ (Savitar) พึงยินดีในสิ่งนี้; ขอให้อินทระ (Indra) และตวษฏฤ (Tvaṣṭṛ) พึงรับรองถ้อยคำของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าขออัญเชิญเทวีอทิติ (Aditi) ธิดาแห่งวีรบุรุษ เพื่อให้ข้าพเจ้ายืนอยู่ท่ามกลางหมู่ผู้ร่วมกำเนิด เป็นผู้เด่นเป็นใหญ่

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Word by Word

• धा॒ता: the Creator/Ordainer (Dhātṛ)
• धा॒ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; √धा ‘धारण/विधान’)

• रा॒तिः: gift, granting (bounty)
• रा॒तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति (प्रातिपदिक; √रा/√रद् ‘दान’)

• स॑वि॒ता: Savitṛ (the Impeller)
• स॑वि॒ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √सू ‘प्रेरण/प्रसव’)

• इ॒दं: this (utterance/act)
• इ॒दं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जु॑षन्ताम्: may they accept/favour
• जु॑षन्ताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (सेवन/प्रीतौ)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• हर्यन्तु: may they gladly receive/approve
• हर्यन्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरणे) / हर्य्- (हर्ष/गमन-भावे; वैदिक)

• मे: of me / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वचः: speech, utterance
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वदने’)

• हुवे: I invoke
• हुवे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (आह्वाने)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक; देव-)

• अदि॑तिम्: Aditi
• अदि॑तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूर॑पुत्राम्: (her) who has heroic sons / mother of heroes
• शूर॑पुत्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शूर-पुत्रा (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सजा॒तानाम्: of those born together, of kinsmen
• सजा॒तानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-जात (कृदन्त/समास-प्रातिपदिक; √जन् ‘जन्म’)

• मध्यमे॒ष्ठा: the best/most favoured in the middle (among them)
• मध्यमे॒ष्ठा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम-इष्ठा (समास-प्रातिपदिक; इष्ठा ‘श्रेष्ठ/प्रिय’)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (status/realm hymn cycle)

Devata: Dhātṛ, Rāti, Savitar; Indra, Tvaṣṭṛ; Aditi

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like (probable; extended pādas)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta