Atharva Veda 7.53.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 4

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मेमं प्रा॒णो हा॑सी॒न्मो अ॑पा॒नोऽव॒हाय॒ परा॑ गात्। स॒प्त॒र्षिभ्य॑ एनं॒ परि॑ ददामि॒ त ए॑नं स्व॒स्ति ज॒रसे॑ वहन्तु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.53.4

IAST Transliteration

mā́ imáṃ prāṇó hāsīn mó u apānó ’vahā́ya párā gāt | saptárṣibhya enam pári dadāmi té enam svastí járase vahantu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the in-breath abandon this man; let not the out-breath, bearing him away, depart afar. To the Seven Seers I commit him round about: may they convey him in safe-conduct unto old age.

Translation

ขออย่าให้ลมหายใจเข้า ละทิ้งชายผู้นี้; ขออย่าให้ลมหายใจออก แบกพาเขาแล้วจากไปไกล. ข้าพเจ้ามอบเขาไว้โดยรอบแก่ฤๅษีทั้งเจ็ด (Saptarṣi); ขอให้ท่านเหล่านั้นพาเขาไปด้วยความสวัสดี จนถึงวัยชรา.

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Word by Word

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

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: the vital breath (in-breath)
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हासीत्: should abandon / may leave
• हासीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (त्यागे) धातु

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

• अपानः: the downward breath (apāna)
• अपानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवहाय: having left
• अवहाय: —
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: अव-√हा (त्यागे) धातु

• पराः: away, forth
• पराः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गात्: went / may go
• गात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गा (गमने/गाने) धातु

• सप्तर्षिभ्यः: to the seven ṛṣis
• सप्तर्षिभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तऋषि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; over (as preverb)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ददामि: I give / I entrust
• ददामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने) धातु

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• जरसे: for old age; for long life
• जरसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्तु: let them carry/lead
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (प्रापणे/वहने) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input

Devata: Prāṇa/Apāna; Saptarṣi as protective powers

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/related (requires metrical confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara