Atharva Veda 7.61.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 61, Mantra 2

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्ने॒ तप॑स्तप्यामह॒ उप॑ तप्यामहे॒ तपः॑ । श्रु॒तानि॑ शृ॒ण्वन्तो॑ व॒यमायु॑ष्मन्तः सुमे॒धसः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.61.2

IAST Transliteration

agné tápaḥ tapyā́maha úpa tapyā́mahe tápaḥ | śrutā́ni śṛṇvánto vayám āyuṣmántaḥ sumédhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Agni, tapas we practise; we further heat up tapas. Hearing the sacred things, may we be long-lived and of good understanding.

Translation

โอ อัคนี (Agni) เราปฏิบัติตบะ (tapas) และเราทำให้ตบะร้อนแรงยิ่งขึ้น เมื่อเราฟังสิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งหลาย ขอให้เรามีอายุยืน และมีปัญญาดี (sumeḍhas)

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपः: austerity, heat, sacred ardour
• तपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तप्यामहे: we practise/undergo (austerity); we heat/discipline ourselves
• तप्यामहे: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: वयम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (भ्वादि) — ‘तप्’

• उप: near, towards; intensively (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तप्यामहे: we practise (it) further/earnestly
• तप्यामहे: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: वयम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (भ्वादि) — ‘तप्’

• तपः: austerity, sacred heat
• तपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुतानि: things heard/learned; teachings
• श्रुतानि: कर्ता (श्रृण्वन्तः इत्यस्य कर्म/विषय-रूपेण अपि; वाक्ये ‘श्रुतानि’ = ‘श्रवणीयानि/श्रुतवस्तूनि’)
• Type: Noun (Kṛdanta used substantively)
• Root: √श्रु → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भूतकृत्/कृत)

• शृण्वन्तः: hearing, listening
• शृण्वन्तः: कर्ता
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √श्रु (शृणोति) → शृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुष्मन्तः: possessing long life; long-lived
• आयुष्मन्तः: कर्ता (वयम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमेधसः: of good intelligence; wise
• सुमेधसः: कर्ता (वयम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta