Atharva Veda 15.2.25: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 25

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं श्यै॒तं च॑ नौध॒सं च॑ सप्त॒र्षय॑श्च॒ सोम॑श्च॒ राजा॑नु॒व्यऽचलन्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.2.25

IAST Transliteration

táṃ śyaítáṃ ca naudhasáṃ ca saptárṣayaś ca sómaś ca rā́jā́nuvyà’calan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him did Śyaita follow, and Naudhasa; the Seven Seers followed, and Soma, and the King moved after him.

Translation

Ihm folgte Śyaita, und Naudhasa; die Sieben Ṛṣis folgten, und Soma; und der König zog hinter ihm her.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (as object)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्यैतम्: the white one
• श्यैतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्यैत (प्रातिपदिक; श्येत/श्वेत-वर्ण)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• नौधसम्: Nodha/Naudhasa (name/epithet)
• नौधसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective (proper/epithet)
• Root: नौधस (प्रातिपदिक; Nodha-सम्बन्धी/नौधस-नाम)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• सप्तर्षयः: the seven seers
• सप्तर्षयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तऋषि (समास-प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + ऋषि)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुव्यचलन्: followed/moved along (after)
• अनुव्यचलन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + व्य् + चल् (धातु: चल् ‘to move’)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya/Ātharvaṇa tradition (ascribed within the Vratya-kāṇḍa complex)

Devata: Vratya with attendant sacral powers (Śyaita, Naudhasa, Saptarṣi, Soma, Rājā)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Vratya-kāṇḍa prose-verse tendencies; not securely Anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta