Atharva Veda 18.2.7 — Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 7

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूर्यं॒ चक्षु॑षा गच्छ॒ वात॑मा॒त्मना॒ दिवं॑ च॒ गच्छ॑ पृथि॒वीं च॒ धर्म॑भिः । अ॒पो वा॑ गच्छ॒ यदि॒ तत्र॑ ते हि॒तमोष॑धीषु॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठा॒ शरी॑रैः

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryaṃ cákṣuṣā gaccha vā́tam ātmánā dívam ca gáccha pṛthivī́ṃ ca dhármabhiḥ | apó vā gáccha yádi tátra te hitám óṣadhīṣu práti tiṣṭha śarī́raiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Go to the Sun with thine eye; go to the Wind with thy breath-self; go to Heaven, and to Earth with rightful ordinances. Or go unto the Waters, if there be thy appointed good; in the Plants take thou thy station again, with thy bodily parts.

Word by Word

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चक्षुषा: with (your) eye/vision
• चक्षुषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• वातम्: to the wind
• वातम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मना: with (your) self/breath
• आत्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवम्: to heaven/the sky
• दिवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दिव’ as acc. sg.)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• पृथिवीम्: to the earth
• पृथिवीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• धर्मभिः: with (your) laws/ordinances; with dharmas
• धर्मभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपः: to the waters
• अपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हितम्: what is set/appointed; what is beneficial
• हितम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (कृदन्त; √धा ‘to place’ → हित ‘placed, beneficial’)

• ओषधीषु: in the herbs/medicinal plants
• ओषधीषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards; back to
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand; remain; take your place
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था

• शरीरैः: with the bodies/limbs (bodily parts)
• शरीरैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer tradition

Devata: Sūrya, Vāta, Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Apas, Oṣadhīs (as cosmic recipients)

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-family (long pādas; confirm in edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna