Atharva Veda 6.48.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 48, Mantra 2

Sukta 48

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋ॒भुर॑सि॒ जग॑च्छन्दा॒ अनु॒ त्वा र॑भे । स्व॒स्ति मा॒ सं व॑हा॒स्य य॒ज्ञस्यो॒दृचि॒ स्वाहा॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.48.2

IAST Transliteration

ṛbhúr asi jágat-chándā ánu tvā rabhe | svastí mā sáṃ vahāsy yajñásyodṛ́ci svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art R̥bhu, with Jagatī for thy metre: in accordance therewith I lay hold of thee. In safety bear me wholly to the sacrifice’s farthest reach—svāhā!

Translation

ท่านคือ R̥bhu (ṛbhu) มีฉันทลักษณ์เป็น Jagatī: ตามนั้นข้าพเจ้าจับยึดท่านไว้. ขอท่านจงพาข้าพเจ้าไปโดยสวัสดีอย่างครบถ้วน ถึงที่สุดอันไกลโพ้นของพิธีบูชา—svāhā!

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Word by Word

• ऋभुः: R̥bhu (a divine artisan); O R̥bhu
• ऋभुः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (स्तुत्य-देवता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• जगत्: the world; the moving universe
• जगत्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• छन्दाः: meters; sacred chants
• छन्दाः: कर्तृ/विशेषण-भाव (जगत्-सम्बन्धि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रभे: I take hold (of); I grasp; I resort to
• रभे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रभ् (धातु)

• स्वस्ति: well-being; auspiciousness; hail
• स्वस्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• वहासि: you carry; you convey
• वहासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदृचि: in the upraised/uttered ṛc (hymn-verse); in the recited verse
• उदृचि: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव: ‘उद्गता ऋच्’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation at offering)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in excerpt

Devata: R̥bhu; Chandas (Jagatī)

Chandas: Jagatī (explicit)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta