Atharva Veda 4.14.9 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 9

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शृ॒तम॒जं शृ॒तया॒ प्रोर्णु॑हि त्व॒चा सर्वै॒रङ्गैः॒ संभृ॑तं वि॒श्वरू॑पम्। स उत् ति॑ष्ठे॒तो अ॒भि नाक॑मुत्त॒मं प॒द्भिश्च॒तुर्भिः॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठ दि॒क्षु

IAST Transliteration

śr̥tám ajáṃ śr̥táyā prórṇuhi tvácā sárvair áṅgaiḥ sáṃbhr̥taṃ viśvárūpam | sá út tíṣṭhetó abhí nā́kam uttamáṃ padbhíś catúrbhiḥ práti tiṣṭha dikṣú

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The boiled goat—cover thou it with the boiled (preparation), with skin; with all its members, compacted, manifold in form. Let it rise from hence toward the highest heaven; with four feet take thou firm stand, confronting, in the quarters.

Translation

التيسُ المسلوق—غَطِّهِ بالمسلوق، بجلده؛ بجميع أعضائه مجموعةً متماسكةً، متعدّدَ الهيئة. فليقمْ من ههنا نحو أعلى السماء؛ وبأربع قوائم اثبُتْ ثباتًا، مُواجِهًا، في الجهات.

Word by Word

• शृतम्: cooked/boiled, prepared
• शृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रि/श्रय्? → here as PPP ‘शृत’ from √श्रि?; in Vedic commonly ‘शृत’ = ‘cooked/boiled’ from √श्रि/श्रय् is unlikely; standard is √श्रि not; better: √श्रि is ‘to lean’; ‘शृत’ as PPP from √श्रि is not regular; in AV ‘शृत’ is used for ‘cooked/boiled’ from √श्रि? actually classical: √श्रि has no; ‘शृत’ is PPP of √श्रि?; more securely: PPP of √श्रि is ‘श्रित’; hence take ‘शृत’ as PPP of √श्र (to cook) i.e., √श्र (श्र्) not standard; but Vedic has √श्र (to cook) attested → ‘शृत’}

• अजम्: goat
• अजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृतया: with cooked/boiled (i.e., prepared)
• शृतया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोर्णुहि: cover, wrap (thou)
• प्रोर्णुहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते ‘to cover, wrap’)

• त्वचा: with skin/hide
• त्वचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गैः: with limbs/parts
• अङ्गैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• संभृतम्: collected, well-assembled
• संभृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √भृ (भरति ‘to bear, bring together’) → संभृत (PPP)

• विश्व-रूपम्: of all forms, multiform
• विश्व-रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व + रूप (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तिष्ठेतो: let the two stand / may (they) stand
• तिष्ठेतो: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) ; dual form ‘तिष्ठेतः/तिष्ठेतो’ (Vedic variant)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नाकम्: heaven, celestial vault
• नाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: highest
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)

• पद्भिः: with feet/steps
• पद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand (thou)
• तिष्ठ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• दिक्षु: in the directions
• दिक्षु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this extract)

Devata: Consecrated paśu/viśvarūpa construct; also Diśaḥ and Nāka as goal-stations

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (instructional cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira