Atharva Veda 9.3.21: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 21

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या द्विप॑क्षा॒ चतु॑ष्पक्षा॒ षट् प॑क्षा॒ या नि॑मी॒यते॑ । अ॒ष्टाप॑क्षां॒ दश॑पक्षां॒ शालां॒ मान॑स्य॒ पत्नी॑म॒ग्निर्गर्भ॑ इ॒वा श॑ये

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.3.21

IAST Transliteration

yā dvípakṣā́ catúṣpakṣā́ ṣáṭpakṣā́ yā nimīyáte | aṣṭā́pakṣāṃ dáśapakṣāṃ śā́lāṃ mā́nasyá pátnīm agnír gárbha ivā́ śáye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She that is two-flanked, four-flanked, six-flanked—she that is duly measured out; the Hall of eight flanks, of ten flanks, Māna’s spouse—within her Agni, like an embryo, lieth at rest.

Translation

هي ذاتُ الجانبين، ذاتُ الأربعةِ جوانب، ذاتُ الستةِ جوانب—هي التي تُقاس وتُرسَم على وجهها. قاعةُ الثمانيةِ جوانب، قاعةُ العشرةِ جوانب، زوجةُ «مانا»—في داخلها يرقدُ «أغني» كجنينٍ في سكون.

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Word by Word

• या: she/which (fem.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विपक्षा: two-winged / having two sides
• द्विपक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चतुष्पक्षा: four-winged / having four sides
• चतुष्पक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• षट्पक्षा: six-winged / having six sides
• षट्पक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: she/which (fem.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निमी॒यते: is measured out / is laid out (by measure)
• निमी॒यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ) उपसर्ग: नि-

• अष्टापक्षाम्: eight-winged / having eight sides (as object)
• अष्टापक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दशपक्षाम्: ten-winged / having ten sides (as object)
• दशपक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• शालाम्: hall, house, shed
• शालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानस्य: of the mind; mental
• मानस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्नीम्: wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भः: embryo, womb, inner core
• गर्भः: Kartā (of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शये: lies, rests
• शये: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शी (शेते)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-consecration corpus; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Agni (indwelling household fire) and Śālā personified

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta