Atharva Veda 7.12.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 2

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒द्म ते॑ सभे॒ नाम॑ न॒रिष्टा॒ नाम॒ वा अ॑सि । ये ते॒ के च॑ सभा॒सद॒स्ते मे॑ सन्तु॒ सवा॑चसः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.12.2

IAST Transliteration

vidmá te sabhe nā́ma naríṣṭā nā́ma vā́ asi | yé te ké ca sabhāsádaḥ té me santu sávācasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know thy name, O Assembly: ‘Nariṣṭā’ by name thou art. Whatsoever members are thine that sit in council—let them be to me of one utterance, in accord of speech.

Translation

โอ้สภา เรารู้พระนามของท่าน—ท่านมีนามว่า “นริษฏา (Nariṣṭā)”. บรรดาสมาชิกทั้งหลายของท่านที่นั่งประชุมอยู่—ขอให้เขาทั้งปวงกล่าวแก่ข้าพเจ้าด้วยถ้อยคำเป็นหนึ่งเดียว วาจาสอดคล้องกัน.

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Word by Word

• विद्म: we know
• विद्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सभे: O assembly
• सभे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (स्त्री)

• नाम: name (by name)
• नाम: कर्म (object of ‘know’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (नपुं)

• नरिष्टा: Narīṣṭā (the name/epithet)
• नरिष्टा: कर्म (apposition to ‘नाम’)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: नरिष्टा (स्त्री; प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: name (namely)
• नाम: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (नपुं)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

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

• ये: who / those who
• ये: कर्तृ (of implied ‘are’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• के: any (whoever)
• के: कर्तृ (with ‘ये’ as correlative)
• Type: Pronoun (interrog./indef. with ‘च’)
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• सभासदः: assembly-sitters; members of the assembly
• सभासदः: कर्तृ (of ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभासद् (पुं; ‘सभा’+‘सद्’)

• ते: those
• ते: कर्तृ (reinforcing ‘सभासदः’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस् भुवि)

• सवाचसः: speaking in accord; of harmonious speech
• सवाचसः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-वाचस् (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; ‘सु/स’ + ‘वाचस्’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in excerpt).

Devata: Sabhā (as Nariṣṭā); implicitly the sabhāsadas as a collective.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas with compact cadence).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta