Atharva Veda 7.53.5: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 5

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र वि॑शतं प्राणापानावन॒ड्वाहा॑विव व्र॒जम्। अ॒यं ज॑रि॒म्णः शे॑व॒धिररि॑ष्ट इ॒ह व॑र्धताम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.53.5

IAST Transliteration

prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ayáṃ jarímṇaḥ śévadhir áriṣṭa ihá vardhatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Enter ye forth, O In-breath and Out-breath, as two draught-oxen enter the stall. Here may this treasure against wasting, unharmed, wax and prosper.

Translation

จงก้าวเข้าไปเถิด ลมหายใจเข้าและลมหายใจออก ดุจโคเทียมคู่ย่างเข้าสู่คอก ขอให้ขุมทรัพย์นี้ซึ่งกันความเสื่อมโทรม จงงอกงามรุ่งเรือง ณ ที่นี้ โดยปราศจากอันตราย

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• विशतम्: enter (you two)!
• विशतम्: Kartā (addressed agents)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (प्रवेशने)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath
• प्राणापानौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (prātipadika) + अपान (prātipadika)

• अनड्वाहौ: (two) draft-oxen
• अनड्वाहौ: Kartā (apposition to प्राणापानौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनड्वाह् (prātipadika)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• व्रजम्: enclosure; pen; stall
• व्रजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (prātipadika)

• अयम्: this (one/thing)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• जरिम्णः: of old age; of decrepitude
• जरिम्णः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरिमन् (prātipadika)

• शेवधिः: treasure; store; precious possession
• शेवधिः: Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (prātipadika)

• अरिष्टः: unharmed; uninjured; safe
• अरिष्टः: Kartā (qualifier of अयम्/शेवधिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिष्ट (prātipadika)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• वर्धताम्: let (him/it) grow; may it increase
• वर्धताम्: Kartā (subject = अयम्/शेवधिः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution for this verse not securely fixed across indices)

Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (vital breaths)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira