Atharva Veda 4.8.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 6

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि त्वा॒ वर्च॑सासिच॒न्नापो॑ दि॒व्याः पय॑स्वतीः । यथासो॑ मित्र॒वर्ध॑न॒स्तथा॑ त्वा सवि॒ता क॑रत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.8.6

IAST Transliteration

abhí tvā várcasā́sican nā́po divyā́ḥ páyasvatīḥ | yáthā́so mitrá-vardhanás táthā tvā savitā́ karat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upon thee the heavenly Waters, rich in nourishing sap, have sprinkled lustre: as thou art a furtherer of friends, so may Savitar fashion thee (ever) thus.

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Word by Word

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

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वर्चसा: with radiance/splendour
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असिचन्: they sprinkled/anointed
• असिचन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) बहुवचन-स्त्री

• दिव्याः: heavenly, divine
• दिव्याः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयस्वतीः: rich in milk/juice, nourishing
• पयस्वतीः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• असः: he
• असः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रवर्धनः: the increaser of friendship (friendship-enhancer)
• मित्रवर्धनः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मित्र-वर्धन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• तथा: so, in that same way
• तथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller, Sun-god)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• करत्: may he make/did make
• करत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not uniformly fixed)

Devata: Āpaḥ and Savitar (secondary)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara