Atharva Veda 8.2.16: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् ते॒ वासः॑ परि॒धानं॒ यां नी॒विं कृ॑णु॒षे त्वम्। शि॒वं ते॑ त॒न्वे॒३तत् कृ॑ण्मः संस्प॒र्शेऽद्रू॑क्ष्णमस्तु ते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.2.16

IAST Transliteration

yát te vā́saḥ paridhā́naṃ yā́ṃ nīvíṃ kṛṇuṣé tvám | śiváṃ te tanvé̀tát kṛṇmáḥ saṃspárśe ’drū́kṣṇam astu te ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What garment of thine is for wearing, what girdle thou dost fasten on—this we appoint as gracious for thy body: in its very touch let it be to thee uninjuring.

Translation

ผ้าซึ่งท่านสวมใส่ และสายรัดเอวซึ่งท่านผูก—เรากำหนดสิ่งนี้ให้เป็นมงคลแก่กายของท่าน; แม้เพียงสัมผัสก็ขอให้ไม่ก่ออันตรายแก่ท่าน.

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Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (यत् = ‘which/that’ referring to वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वासः: garment, clothing
• वासः: कर्म (object referred to by यत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिधानम्: outer covering, what is worn
• परिधानम्: कर्म (apposition to वासः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधान (प्रातिपदिक; परि-√धा ‘to put on’ से)

• याम्: which (f.)
• याम्: कर्म (object of कृणुषे)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविम्: girdle, waistband
• नीविम्: कर्म (object of कृणुषे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुषे: you make, you put on/arrange
• कृणुषे: क्रिया (you make/do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ (agent of कृणुषे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिवम्: auspicious, benign
• शिवम्: कर्म (predicate-object with कृण्मः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• तन्वे: for (your) body/person
• तन्वे: सम्प्रदान (for the body/person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (object of कृण्मः)
• Type: Pronoun/Demonstrative
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्मः: we make
• कृण्मः: क्रिया (we make)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• संस्पर्शे: in (its) contact, at the touch
• संस्पर्शे: अधिकरण (in/at the contact)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√स्पृश् ‘to touch’ से)

• अद्रूक्ष्णम्: not rough, not harsh
• अद्रूक्ष्णम्: कर्तृ/विशेष्य-भाव (predicate nominative of ‘astu’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रूक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rough/harsh’), अ- (निषेध)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: क्रिया (let it be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 8.2 as a protective/healing sequence; specific r̥ṣi varies by school lists).

Devata: Śiva/auspiciousness as operative power; implicitly the protective efficacy of the mantra itself.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta