Atharva Veda 13.2.40: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 40

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रोहि॑तो लो॒को अ॑भव॒द् रोहि॒तोऽत्य॑तप॒द् दिव॑म्। रोहि॑तो र॒श्मिभि॒र्भूमिं॑ समु॒द्रमनु॒ सं च॑रत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.40

IAST Transliteration

róhito lokó abhavad róhito’ty atapat dívam | róhito raśmíbhir bhū́miṃ samudrám ánu sám carat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rohita became the world; Rohita heated, yea, over-heated heaven. Rohita with his rays traversed the earth, and along the ocean moved in full course.

Translation

ৰোহিতেই লোক (জগত) হ’ল; ৰোহিতেই আকাশক তপালে—অতি তপালে। ৰোহিত নিজৰ ৰশ্মিসমূহেৰে পৃথিৱী পাৰ হৈ, সমুদ্ৰৰ কাষে কাষে সম্পূৰ্ণ গতিত বিচৰণ কৰিলে।

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Word by Word

• रोहितः: Rohita (the Red one; a deity/personified red sun)
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक) < √रुह् (रुहँ बीजजन्मनि/आरोहणे) से निष्पन्न वर्ण/नाम

• लोकः: world, realm
• लोकः: Kartā (समास/समानाधिकरण-भाव; ‘रोहितः’ के साथ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू सत्तायाम्)

• रोहितः: Rohita
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अतपतत्: heated, shone, burned
• अतपतत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (तपँ संतापे/दीप्तौ)

• दिवम्: the sky, heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव/द्यौ ‘sky’)

• रोहितः: Rohita
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• रश्मिभिः: with rays
• रश्मिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिम्: earth
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्रम्: ocean, sea
• समुद्रम्: Karma (अनु के साथ गत्यर्थे ‘along/over’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अचरत्: moved, went, ranged
• अचरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (चरँ गत्यर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rohita complex)

Devata: Rohita (solar-red), implicitly Sūrya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (largely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira