Atharva Veda 6.17.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथे॒यं पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही दा॒धार॒ पर्व॑तान् गि॒रीन्। ए॒वा ते॑ ध्रियतां॒ गर्भो॒ अनु॒ सूतुं॒ सवि॑तवे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.17.3

IAST Transliteration

yathéyáṃ pṛthivī́ mahī́ dādhārá párvatān girī́n | evā́ te dhriyatā́ṃ gárbho ánu sūtúṃ savítave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As this great Earth hath borne the mountains and the hills, so may thy embryo be held fast, in due course unto the bringing-forth, for Savitar’s quickening.

Translation

ดุจดังแผ่นดินใหญ่นี้อันยิ่งใหญ่ ที่ทรงรับไว้ซึ่งภูผาและขุนเขา ฉันใด ขอให้ครรภ์ของท่านถูกประคองไว้มั่นคงฉันนั้น ตามลำดับกาลจนถึงการคลอด เพื่อการเร่งเร้าให้เกิดพลังชีวิตของสวิตฤ (Savitar)

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, vast
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाधार: has held / bore
• दाधार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरीन्: hills, mountains
• गिरीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: so, just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्रियताम्: let (it) be held / be sustained
• ध्रियताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after; in due course
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूतुम्: to give birth
• सूतुम्: Karma
• Type: Kṛdanta (Infinitive)
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) / सूतु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितवे: to bring forth, to deliver
• सवितवे: Karma
• Type: Kṛdanta (Infinitive)
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे) / सवितु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission

Devata: Pṛthivī; Savitar; Garbha (ritual focus)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna