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Atharva Veda 4.5.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 7

Sukta 5

स्वप्न॑ स्वप्नाभि॒कर॑णेन॒ सर्वं॒ नि स्वापया॒ जन॑म्। ओ॒त्सू॒र्यम॒न्यान्त्स्वा॒पया॑व्यु॒षं जा॑गृताद॒हमिन्द्र॑ इ॒वारि॑ष्टो॒ अक्षि॑तः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.5.7

svapná svapnābhikarā́ṇena sárvaṃ ní svāpayā jánam | út sū́ryam anyā́nt svāpayāvyúṣaṃ jā́gṛtād ahám índra ivā́riṣṭo ákṣitaḥ

O Sleep, by thy dream-working enchantment lull down to slumber all the folk. Till the Sun rise, lull thou the others: from wakefulness am I awake—like Indra, unhurt, unconsumed.

स्वप्नO Sleep (personified)
स्वप्न:
सम्बोधन (कर्तृ-प्रेरणासम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्वप्
स्वप्नाभिकरणेनwith the sleep-causing instrument/means
स्वप्नाभिकरणेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्नाभिकरण (प्रातिपदिक; स्वप्न + अभि + करण) < √कृ
सर्वम्all (of them), everything
सर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (सर्व-शब्द)
निdown, completely (prefix)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वापयput to sleep!
स्वापय:
(कर्तृ-प्रेरणा) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्वप् (णिच्) → स्वापय
जनम्the people, the person(s)
जनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्up, out (prefix)
उत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सूर्यम्the sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यान्the others
अन्यान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वापयput to sleep!
स्वापय:
(कर्तृ-प्रेरणा) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्वप् (णिच्) → स्वापय
अव्युषम्the one not yet dawned/awake (i.e., still in night/sleep)
अव्युषम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअव्युष (प्रातिपदिक; a- + व्युष) < √वस्/√उष् (व्युष् ‘to dawn, to become bright’)
जागृतात्from the wakeful/awake state
जागृतात्:
अपादान
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootजागृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जागृ)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-आश्रय) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
अरिष्टःunharmed, uninjured
अरिष्टः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्षितःundiminished, imperishable
अक्षितः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षित (प्रातिपदिक; a- + क्षित) < √क्षि/√क्षय (क्षि ‘to perish, diminish’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Svapna (Sleep/Dream), with Indra as protective paradigm

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic; approximates anuṣṭubh cadence but not strictly)

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: vira

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