Atharva Veda 18.2.52: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 52

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि त्वो॑र्णोमि पृथि॒व्या मा॒तुर्वस्त्रे॑ण भ॒द्रया॑ । जी॒वेषु॑ भ॒द्रं तन्मयि॑ स्व॒धा पि॒तृषु॒ सा त्वयि॑

IAST Transliteration

abhí tvā́ ūrṇomi pṛthivyā́ mātúr vástreṇa bhadráyā | jīvéṣu bhadráṃ tán máyī svadhā́ pitṛ́ṣu sā́ tváyi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Over thee I wrap the kindly garment of Earth the Mother. Among the living be welfare—let that be in me; among the Fathers be svadhā—let that be in thee.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (acc. sg.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• उर्णोमि: I cover, I wrap
• उर्णोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √उर्णु (उर्णोति/उर्णुते) ‘आच्छादने/वेष्टने’

• पृथिव्याः: of the Earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (स्त्री)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (स्त्री)

• वस्त्रेण: with a cloth/garment
• वस्त्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (नपुंसक)

• भद्रया: auspicious, благ (as: with an auspicious [cloth])
• भद्रया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (विशेषण)

• जीवेषु: among the living
• जीवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (पुं) / जीव (प्रातिपदिक) ‘living being’

• भद्रम्: good, welfare, auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (नपुंसक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• स्वधा: svadhā (oblation-formula for the Fathers)
• स्वधा: Kartā (नामवाक्ये) / संबोधनार्थ-प्रयोगः
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (स्त्री; पितृ-यज्ञे आहुतिवाचकः शब्दः)

• पितृषु: among the Fathers/ancestors
• पितृषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (पुं)

• सा: she/that (fem.)
• सा: Kartā (नामवाक्ये) / अन्वयः ‘स्वधा’ इत्यस्य
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 18 funerary tradition (r̥ṣi per Anukramaṇī varies).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and Pitaraḥ (by svadhā-allocation)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna