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Atharva Veda 9.4.10: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 10

Sukta 4

बृह॒स्पतिः॑ सवि॒ता ते॒ वयो॑ दधौ॒ त्वष्टु॑र्वा॒योः पर्या॒त्मा त॒ आभृ॑तः । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ मन॑सा त्वा जुहोमि ब॒र्हिष्टे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे स्ता॑म्

bṛ́haspátiḥ savitā́ te váyo dadhau tváṣṭur vāyóḥ páryātmā́ ta ā́bhṛtaḥ | antárikṣe mánasā tvā juhomi barhíṣṭe dyā́vā-pṛthivī ubhé stām ||

Bṛhaspati and Savitar have set for thee thy vital vigour; the all-encompassing essence of Tvaṣṭṛ and of Vāyu is brought hither for thee. In the mid-air, with mind I offer thee; upon the sacred grass let Heaven and Earth, both twain, stand fast.

بْرِهَسْبَتِي وَسَفِيتَرُ قَدْ وَضَعَا لَكَ قُوَّتَكَ الْحَيَوِيَّةَ؛ وَجُوْهَرُ تْفَشْتْرِ وَفَايُو الشَّامِلُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ. فِي الأَنْتَرِكْشَا (الفَضَاءِ الوَسَطِ)، بِالذِّهْنِ أُقَدِّمُكَ قُرْبَانًا؛ وَعَلَى الْبَرْهِسْتِ (العُشْبِ المُقَدَّسِ) فَلْتَثْبُتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَرْضُ، كِلْتَاهُمَا، ثَبَاتًا.

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा बृहस्+पति (समास)
सविताSavitṛ (the impeller, Sun)
सविता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
वयःvital strength; vigor; life
वयः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
दधौhas placed / bestowed
दधौ:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
त्वष्टुःof Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
वायोःof Vāyu
वायोः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु- (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; all around
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आत्माself; vital essence
आत्मा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
आभृतःbrought; procured
आभृतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootआ-√भृ (धातु) / आभृत- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षेin the mid-air / atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
जुहोमिI offer (as oblation); I sacrifice
जुहोमि:
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
बर्हिष्टेon the sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिष्टे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootद्यावापृथिवी- (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौष् + पृथिवी)
उभेboth
उभे:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootउभ- (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
स्ताम्let (them) be / may (they) stand
स्ताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material in AV 9).

Devata: Bṛhaspati, Savitar, Tvaṣṭṛ, Vāyu; with Dyāvāpṛthivī as stabilizing witnesses.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic narrative style; not strictly a single RV meter throughout the sukta).

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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