Atharva Veda 9.5.24: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 24

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दमि॑दमे॒वास्य॑ रू॒पं भ॑वति॒ तेनै॑नं॒ सं ग॑मयति । इषं॒ मह॒ ऊर्ज॑मस्मै दुहे॒ यो॒३ऽजं पञ्चौ॑दनं दक्षि॑णाज्योतिषं॒ ददा॑ति

IAST Transliteration

idám idám evā́sya rūpáṃ bhavati ténainaṃ sáṃ gamayati | íṣaṃ máha ū́rjam asmai duhḗ yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanaṃ dákṣiṇā-jyotiṣaṃ dádāti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘This—this indeed’ becometh his very form; thereby he bringeth him into full attainment. Refreshment, greatness, and sustaining strength they milk for him—whoso giveth the Goat with the Fivefold Porridge, made radiant with the priestly Fee.

Translation

“นี่—นี่เองแท้จริง” ย่อมเป็นรูปแท้ของเขา ด้วยสิ่งนั้นจึงนำเขาไปสู่ความบรรลุครบถ้วน เขาทั้งหลายย่อมรีดเอาโภชนาการ ความยิ่งใหญ่ และพลังค้ำจุนให้แก่เขา—ผู้ใดถวาย ‘แพะ’ พร้อม ‘ข้าวต้มห้าส่วน’ (pañcaudana) อันสว่างไสวด้วยแสงแห่งทักษิณา (dakṣiṇā) คือค่าบูชาพราหมณ์

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपम्: form/appearance
• रूपम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

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

• एनम्: him/this person
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एन् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रृंखला)

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गमयति: causes to go/leads
• गमयति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गमय (णिजन्त-प्रयोग)

• इषम्: nourishment/food
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक: इष्/इषा ‘पोषण/आहार’)

• महे: great
• महे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जम्: strength/vigour
• ऊर्जम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him/for him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहे: milks/draws out (yields)
• दुहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अजम्: a goat
• अजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चौदनम्: five-odana offering (rice-porridge of five portions/kinds)
• पञ्चौदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-ओदन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणाज्योतिषम्: having the fee (dakṣiṇā) as its ‘light’/accompanied by dakṣiṇā
• दक्षिणाज्योतिषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा-ज्योतिष् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous

Devata: Prosperity powers (Iṣ, Ūrj, Mahas) as abstract deities/boons

Chandas: Instructional cadence; semi-metrical

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta