Atharva Veda 2.13.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 4

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एह्यश्मा॑न॒मा ति॒ष्ठाश्मा॑ भवतु ते त॒नूः । कृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा आयु॑ष्टे श॒रदः॑ श॒तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.13.4

IAST Transliteration

éhy aśmā́nam ā́ tiṣṭhā́śmā́ bhavatu te tanū́ḥ | kṛṇvántu víśve devā́ ā́yus te śarádaḥ śatám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come hither, O Stone; stand thou close at hand. Let thy body be as stone. Let all the Gods conjointly fashion for thee life—an hundred autumns.

Translation

اے پتھر، یہاں آ؛ قریب کھڑا ہو جا۔ تیرا جسم پتھر جیسا ہو۔ تمام دیوتا مل کر تجھے زندگی بنائیں - سو خزاں۔

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Word by Word

• एहि: come!
• एहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• अश्मानम्: the stone
• अश्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand! remain!
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• अश्मा: the stone
• अश्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: let it be / may it become
• भवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

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

• तनूः: body, person
• तनूः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृण्वन्तु: let (them) make
• कृण्वन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Ātharvaṇa seer in Saunaka transmission for such charms)

Devata: Aśman (Stone) and Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods) as collective guarantors of longevity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor metrical flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira