Atharva Veda 4.34.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 3

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒ष्टा॒रिण॑मोद॒नं ये पच॑न्ति॒ नैना॒नव॑र्तिः सचते क॒दा च॒न। आस्ते॑ य॒म उप॑ याति दे॒वान्त्सं ग॑न्ध॒र्वैर्मदते सो॒म्येभिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.34.3

IAST Transliteration

viṣṭāríṇam odanáṃ yé pácanti náinān ávartiḥ sacate kadā́ caná | ā́ste yamá úpa yāti devā́n sáṃ gandharváir mádate somyébhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who cook the Vistārin porridge—never doth No-return cleave unto them at any time. Yama abideth; he draweth nigh unto the Gods, and with the Gandharvas he taketh delight in soma-like joys.

Translation

ผู้ใดหุงโอดนะ ‘วิสตาริน’ (Vistārin) — ‘ความไม่หวนกลับ’ (No-return) ย่อมไม่เกาะเกี่ยวเขาเลยไม่ว่าเมื่อใด. ยมะ (Yama) ดำรงอยู่; เขาเข้าไปใกล้เหล่าเทวะ และรื่นรมย์ร่วมกับคันธรรพะ (Gandharva) ทั้งหลาย ด้วยความสุขดุจโสมะ.

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Word by Word

• विष्टारिणम्: spreading out, expansive (rice-porridge)
• विष्टारिणम्: कर्म (ओदनम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्टारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वि-√स्तॄ/स्तर् ‘विस्तार’ से) अथवा ‘विष्टारिन्’ (विशेषण)

• ओदनम्: cooked rice/porridge
• ओदनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• पचन्ति: cook
• पचन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (भ्वादि)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• एनान्: them
• एनान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम; एनद्-प्रयोग)

• अवर्तिः: hindrance/obstruction
• अवर्तिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अवर्तन/विघ्न/रोक’ अर्थ) अथवा ‘अवर्तिन्’ का रूप

• सचते: clings to, attaches
• सचते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् (आत्मनेपद; ‘सह/अनुगमन/संलग्न होना’)

• कदा: ever/at any time
• कदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (प्रश्न/काल-अव्यय)

• चन: even (at all)
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन (एव/अपि-निषेध-निपात)

• आस्ते: sits, remains
• आस्ते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आत्मनेपद)

• यमः: Yama (lord of the dead)
• यमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• याति: goes/approaches
• याति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (अदादि/भ्वादि; ‘गमन’)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• गन्धर्वैः: with/by the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: करण (सहचर/साधन-भाव: ‘गन्धर्वों के साथ/द्वारा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदते: rejoices, is exhilarated
• मदते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (आत्मनेपद; ‘हर्ष/मत्त होना’)

• सोम्येभिः: soma-like/pleasant, connected with Soma
• सोम्येभिः: करण (गन्धर्वैः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सोम-सम्बन्धी/मधुर/शुभ’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally assigned within AVŚ 4.34’s āyuṣya complex; varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Āyuṣ (Life) / Yama (as pacified death-power) with Gandharvas as attendants

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent; AV meters here are often mixed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta