Atharva Veda 7.38.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 38, Mantra 3

Sukta 38

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र॒तीची॒ सोम॑मसि प्र॒तीच्यु॒त सूर्य॑म्। प्र॒तीची॒ विश्वा॑न् दे॒वान् तां त्वा॒च्छाव॑दामसि

IAST Transliteration

pratī́cī sómam asi pratī́cy utá sū́ryam | pratī́cī víśvān devā́n tā́ṃ tvā́cchā́vadāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hitherward turned art thou to Soma, hitherward also to the Sun; hitherward to all the Gods—unto thee, so turned, do we address our call.

Translation

เจ้าหันมาทางนี้ต่อโสมะ (Soma) และหันมาทางนี้ต่อสุริยะด้วย; หันมาทางนี้ต่อเทพทั้งปวง—เมื่อเจ้าหันมาเช่นนั้น เราทั้งหลายจึงเรียกขานและกล่าวแก่เจ้า

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Word by Word

• प्रतीची: westward; facing towards (us)
• प्रतीची: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/अभिमुखता-निर्देशः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + अञ्च्) स्त्री.

• सोमम्: Soma (the Soma-drink/deity)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (सम्बन्ध/विधेय) — कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः ‘त्वम्’ (अध्याहृत)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• प्रतीची: westward; facing towards (us)
• प्रतीची: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + अञ्च्) स्त्री.

• उत: and; also
• उत: — (समुच्चय/अन्वय-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतीची: westward; facing towards (us)
• प्रतीची: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + अञ्च्) स्त्री.

• विश्वान्: all
• विश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताम्: that (one)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अच्छ: towards
• अच्छ: — (गति/दिशा-निर्देशः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘towards’)

• अवदामसि: we speak/utter (to)
• अवदामसि: Kartā (वयं) ; कर्म (त्वा/ताम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + अव (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Asurī/vaśīkaraṇa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Āsurī / Pratīcī-śakti (reversal power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: bhayankara