Atharva Veda 2.7.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दि॒वो मूल॒मव॑ततं पृथि॒व्या अध्युत्त॑तम्। तेन॑ स॒हस्र॑काण्डेन॒ परि॑ णः पाहि वि॒श्वतः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.7.3

IAST Transliteration

divó mū́lam áva-tataṁ pṛthivyā́ ádhy-uttatam | téna sahásra-kāṇḍena pári naḥ pāhi viśvátaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The root of heaven, stretched downward; the loftiest growth upon the earth: with that thousand-stemmed (plant), guard us round about, from every side.

Translation

آسمان کی جڑ، نیچے پھیلی ہوئی؛ زمین پر سب سے اونچی اگواڑا۔ اس ہزار ڈنٹھے والے پودے سے، ہمیں ہر طرف سے حفاظت کر۔

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Word by Word

• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)

• मूलम्: root, base
• मूलम्: कर्म (of अवततं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवततम्: stretched down, extended downward
• अवततम्: विशेषण (of मूलम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √तन् (tan) + अव- (उपसर्ग), क्त (PPP)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्युत्ततम्: stretched up/raised above, extended upward
• अध्युत्ततम्: विशेषण (of मूलम्; parallel epithet)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √तन् (tan) + उत् (उपसर्ग) + अधि (उपसर्ग), क्त (PPP)

• तेन: by/with that
• तेन: करण (instrumental: ‘by/with that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रकाण्डेन: with the thousand-jointed (stalk/branch); with the thousand-segmented one
• सहस्रकाण्डेन: करण (instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-काण्ड (समास: सहस्र ‘thousand’ + काण्ड ‘stalk/joint/section’)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘around’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: us / of us
• नः: कर्म (object of पाहि: ‘protect us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पाहि: protect (you protect)
• पाहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (pā) ‘to protect’

• विश्वतः: from all sides, on every side
• विश्वतः: क्रियाविशेषण (scope: ‘from all sides’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit)

Devata: Oṣadhi (healing/protective plant), specifically the ‘sahasra-kāṇḍa’ as personified protector

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor phonetic adjustments)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta