Atharva Veda 9.7.23: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 23

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मि॒त्र ईक्ष॑माण॒ आवृ॑त्त आन॒न्दः

IAST Transliteration

mitrá ī́kṣamāṇa ā́vṛtta ānándaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mitra, beholding, is turned back: joy is returned.

Translation

مِترا، وهو ناظرٌ، قد ارتدَّ راجعًا؛ والبهجةُ قد عادت.

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Word by Word

• मित्रः: Mitra (the deity/friend)
• मित्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईक्षमाणः: looking on, beholding
• ईक्षमाणः: कर्तृ (मित्रः का विशेषण)
• Type: Participle (Adjective/Verbal)
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु) → ईक्षमाण (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्)

• आवृत्तः: returned, turned back; having come back
• आवृत्तः: कर्तृ (मित्रः का विशेषण)
• Type: Participle (Adjective/Verbal)
• Root: आ-√वृत् (धातु) → आवृत्त (भूतकृदन्त, क्त)

• आनन्दः: bliss, joy
• आनन्दः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (सम्बन्धः: ‘मित्रः … आनन्दः’ = Mitra is/embodies bliss)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (edition-dependent).

Devata: Mitra (and the abstract result: Ānanda).

Chandas: Formulaic fragment.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta