Atharva Veda 4.35.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 1

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मृत्युसंतरणम्। बयमो॑द॒नं प्र॑थम॒जा ऋ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒जाप॑ति॒स्तप॑सा ब्र॒ह्मणेऽप॑चत्। यो लो॒कानां॒ विधृ॑ति॒र्नाभि॒रेषा॒त् तेनौ॑द॒नेनाति॑ तराणि मृ॒त्युम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.35.1

IAST Transliteration

mṛtyusántaraṇam | ayám ódanaṃ prathamajā́ ṛtásya prajā́patis tápasā bráhmaṇe ’pacat | yó lokā́nāṃ vídhṛtir nā́bhir eṣá āsīt ténaudanénāti tarāṇi mṛtyúm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A death-crossing charm. This boiled rice—first-born of Order—Prajāpati by fervent heat cooked for Brahman-power. This was the worlds’ upholding, their navel and centre: with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Translation

มนตร์ข้ามพ้นความตาย. ข้าวสุก (odana) นี้—ผู้เกิดก่อนแห่ง ṛta (ระเบียบอันเที่ยงธรรมของจักรวาล)—ปรชาปติได้หุงด้วยตบะอันร้อนแรง (tapas) เพื่อพลังพรหม (brahman). นี่คือสิ่งค้ำจุนโลกทั้งหลาย เป็นสะดือและศูนย์กลางของมัน; ด้วย odana เดียวกันนี้ ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าข้ามพ้นความตายเถิด.

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Word by Word

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: कर्म (अपचत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनम्: cooked rice; porridge
• ओदनम्: कर्म (अपचत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमजा: first-born
• प्रथमजा: विशेषण (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम-जा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जा’ = √जन्-जनने)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: कर्तृ (अपचत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by austerity; with tapas
• तपसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणे: for Brahman / for sacred power
• ब्रह्मणे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपचत्: cooked
• अपचत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पाके)

• यः: who
• यः: सम्बन्ध (यः… सः-भावेन अन्वयः; प्रजापतिं प्रति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधृतिः: support; sustaining
• विधृतिः: प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध (यः… विधृतिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-धृति (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ-धारणे)

• नाभिः: navel; hub; central point
• नाभिः: समानााधिकरण (विधृतिः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषा: this
• एषा: समानााधिकरण (नाभिः/विधृतिः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि)

• तेन: with that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनेन: with the rice-porridge
• ओदनेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: over; beyond
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)

• तराणि: may I cross
• तराणि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तरणे)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: कर्म (तराणि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Prajāpati; also Odana as cosmic support; Death (Mṛtyu) as the adversary

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (common in cosmological assertions; scansion depends on recension/edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta