Atharva Veda 6.41.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 3

Sukta 41

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मा नो॑ हासिषु॒र्ऋष॑यो॒ दैव्या॒ ये त॑नू॒पा ये न॑स्त॒न्वऽस्तनू॒जाः । अम॑र्त्या॒ मर्त्यां॑ अ॒भि नः॑ सचध्व॒मायु॑र्धत्त प्रत॒रं जी॒वसे॑ नः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.41.3

IAST Transliteration

mā́ no hāsiṣur ṛ́ṣayo daivyā́ yé tanūpā́ yé nas tanvàs tanūjā́ḥ | amártyā mártyām abhí naḥ sacadhvam ā́yur dhatta prataráṃ jīváse naḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the divine Seers abandon us—those guardians of the body, those body-born protectors of our persons. Immortals, cleave unto us mortals; bestow on us life, more lengthened, for our living.

Translation

ขอให้ฤๅษีผู้เป็นทิพย์ (ṛṣi) อย่าละทิ้งพวกเรา—ท่านผู้พิทักษ์กาย (tanūpa) ผู้เกิดร่วมกายและคุ้มครองกายของเรา (tanūjāḥ). โอ้ผู้เป็นอมตะ จงแนบชิดแก่พวกเราผู้ต้องตาย; จงประทานอายุ (āyus) ให้ยืดยาวยิ่ง เพื่อการมีชีวิตของเรา.

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

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

• हासिषुः: may (they) not abandon / forsake
• हासिषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (त्यागे/हानौ)

• ऋषयः: the seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि

• दैव्याः: divine
• दैव्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव्य (देव-सम्बन्धिन्)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• तनूपाः: guardians of the body (protectors of our person)
• तनूपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनूप (तनोः पाः) / तनु + पा

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• नः: our
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तन्वः: of (our) body
• तन्वः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• तनूजाः: body-born ones; offspring of the body
• तनूजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनूज (तनू + ज) / तनु + ज

• अमर्त्याः: immortal
• अमर्त्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्त्य

• मर्त्यान्: mortals
• मर्त्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य

• अभि: towards / upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सचध्वम्: join (yourselves) with; accompany
• सचध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (समवाये/अनुगमने)

• आयुः: life; lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्

• धत्त: place; bestow
• धत्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धारणे/स्थापने)

• प्रतरम्: further; longer; more extended
• प्रतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतर (प्र + तर)

• जीवसे: for living
• जीवसे: Prayojana
• Type: Verb (infinitival form)
• Root: जीव् (प्राणधारणे)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (associated with ṛṣi-protectors invoked within the verse)

Devata: Divine Ṛṣis / Tanūpāḥ (body-guardians); Āyus as boon

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta