Atharva Veda 7.80.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 80, Mantra 4

Sukta 80

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पौ॒र्ण॒मा॒सी प्र॑थ॒मा य॒ज्ञिया॑सी॒दह्नां॒ रात्री॑णामतिशर्व॒रेषु॑ । ये त्वां य॒ज्ञैर्य॑ज्ञिये अ॒र्धय॑न्त्य॒मी ते नाके॑ सु॒कृतः॒ प्रवि॑ष्टाः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.80.4

IAST Transliteration

paurṇamāsī́ prathamā́ yajñíyā́sīd áhnāṃ rā́trīṇām atiśarvaréṣu | yé tvā́ṃ yajñáir yajñíye árdhayanty amī́ té nā́ke sukṛ́taḥ práviṣṭāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Full-moon Night, first and meet for sacrifice, wast thou, amid the over-darkened nights of days. They who, O worthy of worship, by sacrifices make thee thrive—those very men, rich in merit, have entered heaven.

Translation

โอ้ราตรีวันเพ็ญ (Paurṇamāsī) เจ้าเป็นปฐมและควรแก่ยัญพิธี ท่ามกลางวันและราตรีทั้งหลาย ในความมืดอันล้ำลึกยิ่งนัก ผู้ใดบำรุงให้เจ้ารุ่งเรืองด้วยยัญพิธี โอ้ผู้ควรแก่การบูชา—ผู้นั้นแลมีบุญกุศลสมบูรณ์ ได้เข้าสู่สวรรค์แล้ว

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Word by Word

• पौर्णमासी: the Full-moon (night/deity)
• पौर्णमासी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी- (प्रातिपदिक; पूर्णिमा-सम्बद्धा)

• प्रथमा: first
• प्रथमा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञिया: fit for sacrifice, sacrificial
• यज्ञिया: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय- (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + -इय)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अह्नाम्: of the days
• अह्नाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रीणाम्: of the nights
• रात्रीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिशर्वरेषु: in the very dark nights / in the nights of deepest darkness
• अतिशर्वरेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिशर्वर- (प्रातिपदिक; अति- + शर्वर ‘night’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञैः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञिये: O sacrificial-worthy one
• यज्ञिये: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: यज्ञिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्धयन्ति: they promote / they make prosper
• अर्धयन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ध् (धातु; ‘to prosper/strengthen, further, promote’)

• अमी: those (yonder), those people
• अमी: कर्तृ (द्वितीय-वाक्ये)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: they
• ते: कर्तृ (अमी-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नाके: in heaven
• नाके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुकृतः: the meritorious / doers of good deeds
• सुकृतः: कर्तृ (अमी/ते-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुकृत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-doer/merit’)

• प्रविष्टाः: entered (having entered)
• प्रविष्टाः: कर्तृ (अमी/ते-सम्बन्धि विशेषण)
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त; भूतकृत)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for calendric hymns)

Devata: Paurṇamāsī (Full-moon), as a personified rite-power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against pad-count)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta