Atharva Veda 12.5.2: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 2

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स॒त्येनावृ॑ता श्रि॒या प्रावृ॑ता॒ यश॑सा॒ परी॑वृता

IAST Transliteration

satyénā́vr̥tā śríyā prá̄vr̥tā yáśasā párīvr̥tā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Truth encompassed, with Fortune well invested, with Glory round about enwrapped.

Translation

Von Wahrheit umschlossen, mit Glück (Śrī) bekleidet, von Ruhm ringsum umwunden.

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Word by Word

• सत्येन: by/with truth
• सत्येन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सत् (√अस् ‘to be’) + -य

• आवृता: covered, enveloped
• आवृता: —
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to cover, envelop’ + आ- (उपसर्ग); क्त (PPP)

• श्रिया: with splendor/fortune
• श्रिया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रावृता: covered, wrapped (forth)
• प्रावृता: —
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to cover’ + प्र- (उपसर्ग); क्त (PPP)

• यशसा: with fame/glory
• यशसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परीवृता: covered all around, encompassed
• परीवृता: —
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to cover’ + परि- (उपसर्ग); क्त (PPP)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in supplied excerpt (to be confirmed from AVŚ 12.5 anukramaṇī)

Devata: Śrī/Yaśas/Satya as personified powers (abstract deities)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh segment within the hymn (verification needed from full text)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta