Atharva Veda 9.4.24: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 24

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒तं वो॒ युवा॑नं॒ प्रति॑ दध्मो॒ अत्र॒ तेन॒ क्रीड॑न्तीश्चरत॒ वशाँ॒ अनु॑ । मा नो॑ हासिष्ट ज॒नुषा॑ सुभागा रा॒यश्च॒ पोषै॑र॒भि नः॑ सचध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

etáṁ vo yúvānaṁ práti dadhmo átra ténā krī́ḍantīś carata váśāṁ ánu | mā́ no hāsiṣṭa jánuṣā subhā́gā rā́yaś ca póṣair abhí naḥ sacadhvam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This youthful one we set before you here: with him, sporting, go your ways, ye tractable (cows), following after. Forsake us not, fortunate by your very birth; and with prosperings let wealth cleave fast about us.

Translation

เยาวชนผู้นี้ เราตั้งไว้ต่อหน้าพวกท่าน ณ ที่นี่; จงไปตามทางของพวกท่าน เล่นสนุกกับเขาเถิด แม่โคผู้เชื่องทั้งหลาย จงติดตามไป. ผู้มีมงคลโดยกำเนิดเอ๋ย อย่าทอดทิ้งเรา; ขอให้ทรัพย์สมบัติแนบสนิทแก่เราพร้อมด้วยความรุ่งเรืองและความอุดมเลี้ยงดู (poṣa).

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Word by Word

• एतम्: this (one), him
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• युवानम्: young
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• दध्मः: we have placed / we set
• दध्मः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) [दधा-]

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• तेन: with that / by him
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रीडन्तीः: playing (fem. pl.)
• क्रीडन्तीः: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) → क्रीडन्ती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• चरत: move about, go
• चरत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• वशाः: Vashā-cows (cows for rite/charms)
• वशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• मा: do not
• मा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• नः: us / our
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हासिष्ट: leave, abandon
• हासिष्ट: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु) [जहा-]

• जनुषा: by birth, by nature
• जनुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभागाः: fortunate, auspicious (fem. pl.)
• सुभागाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• रायः: of wealth
• रायः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पोषैः: with prosperities, nourishments
• पोषैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• नः: us / our
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सचध्वम्: join (yourselves), accompany
• सचध्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) [सच्/सञ्च् ‘to accompany, attach’]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indraic potency implicit; primary addressees are the cows/herd as living recipients

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-like length (longer pādas; Atharvanic mixed meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: shanta