Atharva Veda 5.2.6: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 6

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नि तद् द॑धि॒षेऽव॑रे॒ परे॑ च॒ यस्मि॒न्नावि॒थाव॑सा दुरो॒णे। आ स्था॑पयत मा॒तरं॑ जिग॒त्नुमत॑ इन्वत॒ कर्व॑राणि॒ भूरि॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.2.6

IAST Transliteration

ní tád dadhíṣe ’váre páre ca yásmin nā́vithā́vasā duróṇe | ā́ sthāpayata mātáraṃ jigatnúm áta in̄vata kárvarāṇi bhū́ri

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That aid thou settest fast, in lower and in higher place, within the house wherein thou helpest with thy succour. Set up the Mother, hasting hitherward; from hence drive forth the many speckled foes.

Translation

ท่านตั้งความคุ้มครองนั้นไว้ให้มั่นคง ทั้งในที่ต่ำและที่สูง ภายในเรือนที่ท่านเกื้อหนุนด้วยกำลังอุปถัมภ์ จงสถาปนา “มารดา” ให้รีบมาสู่ที่นี่ แล้วจากที่นี้จงขับไล่ศัตรูผู้มีลายด่างจำนวนมากออกไป

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Word by Word

• नि: down; in; into (prefix/adverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / निः (avyaya)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• दधिषे: you place/lay down; you set
• दधिषे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + नि (upasarga)

• अवरे: in the lower/nearer (region/people)
• अवरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अवर (prātipadika)

• परे: in the farther/higher (region/people)
• परे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: पर (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• यस्मिन्: in which; wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• आविथा: you have helped/protected
• आविथा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्/अवि (धातु ‘to protect, help’) + आ (upasarga)

• अवसा: with help; by aid
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (prātipadika)

• दुरोणे: in the house; in the dwelling
• दुरोणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरोण (prātipadika)

• आ: towards; hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• स्थापयत: set up; establish (you all)
• स्थापयत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → causative स्थापय-

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (prātipadika)

• जिगत्नुम्: desiring to go/come; ready to come
• जिगत्नुम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: गम् (धातु) with desiderative stem जिगत्नु- (kṛdanta)

• मत्: indeed; then; (emphatic/connecting particle)
• मत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मत् (particle/enclitic)

• इन्वत: impel; drive on; set in motion (you all)
• इन्वत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु ‘to set in motion, impel’) / इन्व् (Vedic)

• कर्वराणि: spotted/dappled ones; (often) speckled cattle/animals
• कर्वराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्वर (prātipadika)

• भूरि: much; abundantly
• भूरि: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि (prātipadika/avyaya-like adjective)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Protective aid (avás) and the ‘Mother’ (mātṛ) as guardian principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approximate)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira