Atharva Veda 2.9.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आगा॒दुद॑गाद॒यं जी॒वानां॒ व्रात॒मप्य॑गात्। अभू॑दु पु॒त्राणां॑ पि॒ता नृ॒णां च॒ भग॑वत्तमः

IAST Transliteration

ā́gād úd agād ayáṃ jīvá̄nām vrā́tam ápy agāt | abhū́d u putrā́ṇāṃ pitā́ nṛṇā́ṃ ca bhágavattamaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither he hath come; forth hath he arisen: this one hath reached the host of the living. Verily he became the Father of sons, and of men the most bounteous and fortunate.

Translation

Her ist er gekommen; hervor ist er aufgestanden: dieser hat die Schar der Lebenden erreicht. Wahrlich, er wurde der Vater der Söhne und unter den Menschen der freigebigste, glückverheißendste.

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Word by Word

• आगात्: came
• आगात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति)

• उदगात्: sang forth / chanted
• उदगात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गा (गायति)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवानाम्: of the living
• जीवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रातम्: host / troop / company
• व्रातम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अगात्: went
• अगात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति)

• अभूत्: became / was
• अभूत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• उ: indeed / and
• उ: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• पुत्राणाम्: of (his/the) sons
• पुत्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: कर्तृ (अभूत्-क्रियायाः कर्तृ/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• भगवत्तमः: most blessed / most fortunate
• भगवत्तमः: विशेषण (पिता-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तम) प्रत्यय

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; to be normalized against the project’s chosen index).

Devata: Bhaga / auspicious prosperity-personification (with overlap into a generalized ‘beneficent presence’).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (11/8-based Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence; to be metrically verified against pada counts in the project pipeline).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta