Atharva Veda 13.2.21: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 21

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येना॑ पावक॒ चक्ष॑सा भुर॒ण्यन्तं॒ जनाँ॒ अनु॑ । त्वं व॑रुण॒ पश्य॑सि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.21

IAST Transliteration

yéna pā́vaka cákṣasā bhuraṇyántaṁ jánāṁ ánu | tváṁ varuṇa páśyasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With that purifying eye wherewith, following after the roving people, thou seest, O Varuṇa.

Translation

Mit jenem läuternden Auge, womit du, dem umherziehenden Volk folgend, siehst, o Varuṇa.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• पावक: purifying, pure (O purifier)
• पावक: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवित्रे’ से) अथवा √पू + -अक

• चक्षसा: with (your) eye; by sight
• चक्षसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भुरण्यन्तम्: the roaming/moving one
• भुरण्यन्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: भुरण्यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त; √भुरण्/भुर् ‘वेग/गमन/परिभ्रमण’—वैदिक)

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, following
• अनु: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पश्यसि: you see
• पश्यसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृशौ)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 13 Sūrya-cycle context with Varuṇa addressed here; seer attribution varies by tradition.

Devata: Varuṇa (with emphasis on cakṣus, purifying sight)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara