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Atharva Veda 2.9.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 4

Sukta 9

दे॒वास्ते॑ ची॒तिम॑विदन् ब्र॒ह्माण॑ उ॒त वी॒रुधः॑ । ची॒तिं ते॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अवि॑द॒न् भूम्या॒मधि॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.9.4

devā́s te cītím avidan brahmā́ṇa uta vīrúdhaḥ | cītíṃ te víśve devā́ avidan bhū́myā́m ádhi ||

The Gods discovered for thee thy gathered store of power; the Brahmans too, and the Plants. Thy gathered store of power—all the Gods discovered it, upon the Earth.

لقد وجدَتِ الآلهةُ لكَ مخزونَ قوّتِكَ المجموع؛ وكذلك البراهمةُ، وكذلك النباتاتُ (vīrudh). مخزونُ قوّتِكَ المجموع—جميعُ الآلهةِ وجدْنَه، على وجهِ الأرض.

देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthose
ते:
कर्तृ (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषण/अन्वय)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चीतिम्the funeral-pile; the piled-up (fire/altar)
चीतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootचिति (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
अविदन्found; came to know
अविदन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने/लाभे’
ब्रह्माणःthe Brahmans; the sacred-speakers
ब्रह्माणः:
कर्तृ (अविदन् इत्यस्य सहकर्तृ/समुच्चितकर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (नपुं/पुं; अत्र पुं-प्रातिपदिक ‘ब्रह्मा/ब्राह्मण/ब्रह्मविद्’)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
वीरुधःthe plants; herbs
वीरुधः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चितकर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootवीरुध् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
चीतिम्the funeral-pile; the piled-up (fire/altar)
चीतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootचिति (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour; of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अविदन्found; came to know
अविदन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने/लाभे’
भूम्याम्on/in the earth
भूम्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over
अधि:
अधिकरण (स्थानीय-सम्बन्ध सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvanic healing speech)

Devata: Vīrudh (Plants) and Devāḥ (the Gods collectively); Bhūmi as implicit source-deity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor metrical looseness)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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