Atharva Veda 15.7.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं प्र॒जाप॑तिश्च परमे॒ष्ठी च॑ पि॒ता च॑ पिताम॒हश्चाप॑श्च श्र॒द्धा च॑ व॒र्षं भू॒त्वानु॒व्यऽवर्तयन्त

IAST Transliteration

táṃ prajā́patiś ca parameṣṭhī́ ca pitā́ ca pitāmaháś cā́paś ca śraddhā́ ca várṣaṃ bhūtvā́ ánu ví avartayanta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him Prajāpati and Parameṣṭhin, and the Father and the Grandfather—yea, the Waters, and Faith, and Rain—having become these, they set him turning, following him on every side.

Translation

إيّاهُ—براجاباتي وبارامِشْثِين، والأبُ والجدُّ الأكبرُ—بل المياهُ، والإيمانُ (شرَدّها)، والمطرُ—إذ صاروا هذه كلَّها، جعلوه يدور، يتبعونه من كلِّ جانب.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• परमेष्ठी: Paramēṣṭhin (the Highest One)
• परमेष्ठी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet/title)
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पिता: father
• पिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पितामहः: grandfather / forefather
• पितामहः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक; नित्यबहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• श्रद्धा: faith / trust
• श्रद्धा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वर्षम्: rain / rainfall
• वर्षम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: —
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अनुव्यवर्तयन्त: they caused (it) to proceed/turn along; they set in motion
• अनुव्यवर्तयन्त: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) with causative vartay-; upasargas: अनु + वि + अव

Attribution

Rishi: Book 15 speculative tradition (variable).

Devata: Āpas (Waters), Śraddhā (Faith), Varṣa (Rain), with Prajāpati/Parameṣṭhin as overarching authorities.

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic style.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta