Atharva Veda 6.19.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 3

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒भाभ्यां॑ देव सवितः प॒वित्रे॑ण स॒वेन॑ च । अ॒स्मान् पु॑नीहि॒ चक्ष॑से

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.19.3

IAST Transliteration

ubhā́bhyāṃ deva savitaḥ pavítreṇa savéna ca | asmā́n punīhi cákṣase

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With both—thy purifier and thy quickening impulse—O god Savitar, do thou cleanse us for clear sight.

Translation

โอ เทพสวิตฤ (Savitar) ด้วยทั้งสอง—ด้วยเครื่องชำระของท่าน (pavitra) และด้วยแรงเร่งเร้าให้เกิดพลังชีวิตของท่าน (sava)—ขอจงชำระพวกเรา เพื่อให้มีทัศนะอันแจ่มชัด.

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Word by Word

• उभाभ्याम्: with both (of them)
• उभाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → उभा

• देव: O god
• देव: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितः: O Savitṛ (impeller)
• सवितः: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवित्रेण: with the purifier / purifying filter
• पवित्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवेन: with the impulse/instigation (sava)
• सवेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनीहि: purify (you)
• पुनीहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; पुनाति ‘to purify’)

• चक्षसे: for sight / for (good) vision
• चक्षसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 6.19.

Devata: Savitar (with purificatory ‘pavitra’ power).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (verification pending).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta