Atharva Veda 15.2.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृ॒ह॒तश्च॒ वै स र॑थंत॒रस्य॑ चादि॒त्यानां॑ च॒ विश्वे॑षां च दे॒वानां॑ प्रियं धाम॑ भवति॒ तस्य॒ प्राच्यां॑ दि॒शि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.4

IAST Transliteration

bṛhatáś ca váí sá rathantarásya cā́dityānā́ṃ ca víśveṣāṃ ca devā́nāṃ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati tásya prā́cyāṃ díśi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Dear dwelling-place of Bṛhat and of Rathantara, of the Ādityas and of all the Gods, verily he becometh—his station is in the eastern quarter.

Translation

Zur lieben Wohnstatt von Bṛhat und Rathantara, der Ādityas und aller Götter wird er wahrlich; sein Stand ist in der östlichen Himmelsgegend.

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Word by Word

• बृहतः: of the Bṛhat (Sāman)
• बृहतः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वै: indeed
• वै: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रथंतरस्य: of the Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथंतरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथंतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• विश्वेषाम्: of all
• विश्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (predicate with subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; station; dwelling
• धाम: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राच्याम्: in the eastern
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशि: direction
• दिशि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-cycle attribution (varies)

Devata: Bṛhat, Rathantara, Ādityas, Viśve Devāḥ; Prācī Diś (locative power)

Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like prose with metrical cadence

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta