Atharva Veda 9.3.19: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 19

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शालां॒ निमि॑तां क॒विभि॒र्निमि॑तां मि॒ताम्। इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी र॑क्षतां॒ शाला॑म॒मृतौ॑ सो॒म्यं सदः॑

IAST Transliteration

bráhmaṇā śā́lāṃ nimítāṃ kavíbhir nimítāṃ mitā́m | indrāgnī rakṣatāṃ śā́lām amṛ́tau sómyaṃ sádaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By brahman was the Hall established, by seers established, measured out: let Indra and Agni, the two immortals, guard the Hall, the soma-gladdening seat.

Translation

ศาลานี้ (sabha) ถูกสถาปนาด้วยพรหมัน (brahman) ถูกสถาปนาโดยกวีผู้รู้ (kavi) และถูกวัดกำหนดไว้แล้ว ขอให้อินทราและอัคนี—ผู้เป็นอมตะทั้งสอง—พิทักษ์ศาลานี้ ที่นั่ง (sadas) อันชื่นบานด้วยโสมะ (soma)

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with sacred power (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• शालाम्: hall, house, shed
• शालाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला

• निमिताम्: measured out, laid out, built
• निमिताम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive) / Adjective
• Root: नि√मा (मि) → निमित

• कविभिः: by sages/poets
• कविभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि

• निमिताम्: measured out, constructed
• निमिताम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive) / Adjective
• Root: नि√मा (मि) → निमित

• मिताम्: measured, duly proportioned
• मिताम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (past passive) / Adjective
• Root: √मा (मि) → मित

• इन्द्राग्नी: Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual deity-compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि

• रक्षताम्: let (them) protect
• रक्षताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष्

• शालाम्: the hall/house
• शालाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला

• अमृतौ: the two immortals
• अमृतौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: अमृत

• सोम्यम्: Soma-related, auspicious
• सोम्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य

• सदः: seat, assembly-hall, dwelling
• सदः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra-Agni (protectors); brahman as operative force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira