Atharva Veda 5.12.8: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 8

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ नो॑ यज्ञं भार॑ती॒ तूय॑मे॒त्विडा॑ मनु॒ष्वदि॒ह चे॒तय॑न्ती । ति॒स्रो दे॒वीर्ब॒र्हिरेदं स्यो॒नं सर॑स्वतीः॒ स्वप॑सः सदन्ताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.12.8

IAST Transliteration

ā́ no yajñáṃ bhā́ratī tū́yam etv íḍā manuṣvád ihá cetáyantī | tisró devī́r barhír idáṃ syónam sárasvatīḥ svápasaḥ sádantām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither to us let Bhāratī come swiftly unto the sacrifice; let Iḍā, after the manner of Manu, here awaken (our rite). Let the three Goddesses sit upon this pleasant, kindly Barhis—Sarasvatīs, of goodly operation.

Translation

ขอภารตี (Bhāratī) จงมาถึงเราโดยเร็ว มาสู่ยัญพิธี; ขออิฑา (Iḍā) ตามแบบของมานุ (Manu) จงปลุกพิธีของเรา ณ ที่นี้. ขอเทวีทั้งสามจงประทับบนบรรหิส (Barhis) อันรื่นรมย์และเกื้อกูลนี้—โอ้เหล่าสรัสวตี (Sarasvatī) ผู้ประกอบการงานอันงาม จงนั่งลงเถิด.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (prefix: ‘to, near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भारती: Bhāratī (goddess of speech/ritual)
• भारती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती (देवी-नाम)

• तूयम्: swiftly
• तूयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूयम् (अव्यय)

• एतु: let (her) come
• एतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• इडा: Iḍā (goddess/personified oblation)
• इडा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इडा/इळा (देवी-नाम)

• मनुष्वत्: in human fashion / as among men
• मनुष्वत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनुष्वत् (अव्यय; मनुष्य-सम्बन्धी)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• चेतयन्ती: prompting, making (us) aware / rousing
• चेतयन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Verbal
• Root: चेतय् (धातु) / चेतयन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवीः: goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हिः: sacrificial grass (barhis), seat
• बर्हिः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• स्योनम्: pleasant, comfortable, auspicious
• स्योनम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्योन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वतीः: Sarasvatīs (Sarasvatī and her forms)
• सरस्वतीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (देवी-नाम)

• स्वपसः: skilled/active in good work; of good service
• स्वपसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदन्ताम्: let them sit / be seated
• सदन्ताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally aligned with ritual seers of the Bhāratī–Iḍā–Sarasvatī triad (RV parallel suggests a Hotṛ-context; AV attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Bhāratī, Iḍā, Sarasvatī (triad of ritual goddesses)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-parallel style; AV often preserves RV meters in such invocations)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta