Atharva Veda 20.123.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 123, Mantra 2

Sukta 123

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तन्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्याभि॒चक्षे॒ सूर्यो॑ रू॒पं कृ॑णुते॒ द्योरु॒पस्थे॑ । अ॒न॒न्तम॒न्यद् रुश॑दस्य॒ पाजः॑ कृ॒ष्णम॒न्यद्ध॒रितः॒ सं भ॑रन्ति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.123.2

IAST Transliteration

tán mitrásya váruṇasyābhicákṣe sū́ryo rū́paṃ kṛṇute dyór upásthe | anántam anyád rúśad asya pā́jaḥ kṛṣṇám anyád harítaḥ sáṃ bharanti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Under the overseeing gaze of Mitra and of Varuṇa the Sun makes form in the lap of heaven. One aspect of his splendour is boundless and shining; another is dark: the tawny steeds bear them onward together.

Translation

Unter dem überwachenden Blick Mitras und Varuṇas gestaltet die Sonne ihre Gestalt im Schoß des Himmels. Ein Aspekt ihres Glanzes ist grenzenlos und leuchtend; ein anderer ist dunkel: die fahlgelben Rosse tragen beides gemeinsam voran.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रस्य: of Mitra
• मित्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिचक्षे: I behold / I look upon
• अभिचक्षे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-चक्ष् (धातु; ‘to see, behold’)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुते: makes / assumes
• कृणुते: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; ‘to make, do’)

• द्यौः: heaven, sky
• द्यौः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/stands’ in locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap/bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनन्तम्: endless, boundless
• अनन्तम्: Karma (qualifying ‘पाजः’ understood as neuter object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुशत्: shining, bright
• रुशत्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुशत् (प्रातिपदिक; present participial adjective from √रुश्/√रुच् ‘to shine’)

• अस्य: of him/its (of the Sun)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाजः: radiance, brilliance
• पाजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णम्: black, dark
• कृष्णम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरितः: the tawny (mares/rays)
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरन्ति: they bear/carry
• भरन्ति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु; ‘to bear, carry’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV source attribution (solar hymn tradition).

Devata: Sūrya; Mitra-Varuṇa as supervisory deities.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta