Atharva Veda 2.16.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्ने॑ वैश्वानर॒ विश्वै॑र्मा दे॒वैः पा॑हि॒ स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.16.4

IAST Transliteration

ágné vaiśvānara víśvair mā deváiḥ pā́hi svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Agni Vaiśvānara, with all the Gods do thou protect me: svāhā.

Translation

阿耆尼·毗湿瓦那罗（Agni Vaiśvānara）啊，与一切诸天同在，护佑我——娑嚩诃（svāhā）。

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वैश्वानर: O Vaiśvānara (belonging to all men / universal fire)
• वैश्वानर: सम्बोधन-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर- (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)

• विश्वैः: with all
• विश्वैः: सह/साकं (सहकारक-प्रयोगः; ‘with all’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: me
• मा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: सह/साकं (सहकारक-प्रयोगः; ‘with the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: क्रिया (रक्षण-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; पालयति/रक्षति)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-call)
• स्वाहा: सम्बोधन/उद्गार (यज्ञकर्मणि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn; commonly aligned with Atharvan/Āṅgirasa strata for protective material).

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara (with the Viśve Devāḥ as co-invoked protectors)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (short protective formula; exact metrical classification may be treated as pragmatic/ritual rather than strict prosody).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta