Atharva Veda 4.23.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 4

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुजा॑तं जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निं वै॑श्वान॒रं वि॒भुम्। ह॒व्य॒वाहं॑ हवामहे॒ स नो॑ मुञ्च॒त्वंह॑सः

IAST Transliteration

sujā́taṃ jātávedasam agníṃ vaiśvānaráṃ vibhúm | havyavā́haṃ havāmahe sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Agni, well-born, Jātavedas, Vaiśvānara, the all-pervading—him, the oblation-bearer, we invoke: may he release us from anguish.

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Word by Word

• सुजातम्: well-born, nobly born
• सुजातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-जात (√जन् ‘to be born’ → जात, with उपसर्ग सु-)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/creatures’)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जात-वेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वैश्वानरम्: Vaiśvānara (belonging to all men/peoples; a form of Agni)
• वैश्वानरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभुम्: all-pervading, mighty
• विभुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यवाहम्: oblation-bearer (carrier of offerings)
• हव्यवाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हव्य-वाह (प्रातिपदिक)

• हवामहे: we invoke / we call upon
• हवामहे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वा) ‘to call, invoke’

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मुञ्चतु: let him release
• मुञ्चतु: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् ‘to release, free’

• अंहसः: from distress/sin/evil
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable attribution)

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (most likely; confirm per edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira