Atharva Veda 9.10.20: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 20

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सू॒य॒व॒साद् भग॑वती॒ हि भू॒या अधा॑ व॒यं भग॑वन्तः स्याम । अ॒द्धि तृण॑मघ्न्ये विश्व॒दानीं॒ पिब॑ शु॒द्धमु॑द॒कमा॒चर॑न्ती

IAST Transliteration

sūyavasā́d bhágavatī hí bhūyā́ ádhā vayáṃ bhágavantaḥ syāma | áddhi tṛ́ṇam aghnye viśvadā́nīṃ píba śuddhám udakám ācarántī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From goodly pasture, O Blessed One, do thou indeed increase; then may we be blessed with thee. Eat thou the grass, O Cow whom none may slay, all-giving; drink pure water as thou roamest.

Translation

จากทุ่งหญ้าอันงาม โอผู้เป็นมงคล จงเพิ่มพูนขึ้นโดยแท้; แล้วเราทั้งหลายจักเป็นผู้มีมงคลร่วมกับท่าน. จงกินหญ้าเถิด แม่โคผู้ห้ามฆ่า ผู้ให้ทานทั่วหน้า; และเมื่อเที่ยวไป จงดื่มน้ำอันบริสุทธิ์.

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Word by Word

• सूयवसात्: from the good pasture/grass (source)
• सूयवसात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूयवसा (प्रातिपदिक)

• भगवती: the blessed one; fortunate (she)
• भगवती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भूयाः: may you be; may you become
• भूयाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अध: then, thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध

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

• भगवन्तः: blessed/fortunate (ones)
• भगवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अद्धि: eat!
• अद्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• तृणम्: grass
• तृणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one (cow)
• अघ्न्ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वदानीम्: at all times; now wholly
• विश्वदानीम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वदानीम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्वदा’ अर्थे)

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आचरन्ती: moving about; behaving/going (about)
• आचरन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer tradition (variable by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Aghnyā (the Cow) / Bhaga (prosperity) implicitly.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (benedictory domestic cadence; metrical classification may vary).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara