Atharva Veda 4.11.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 6

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॑ दे॒वाः स्वरारुरु॒हुर्हि॒त्वा शरी॑रम॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभि॑म्। तेन॑ गेष्म सुकृ॒तस्य॑ लो॒कं घ॒र्मस्य॑ व्र॒तेन॒ तप॑सा यश॒स्यवः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.11.6

IAST Transliteration

yéna devā́ḥ svàr āruruhúr hitvā́ śarī́ram amṛ́tasya nā́bhim | téna geṣma sukṛ́tasya lokáṃ gharmásya vraténa tápasā yaśasyávaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that whereby the Gods climbed up unto the Heaven, leaving behind the body, the navel-centre of immortality—by that same means may we attain the world of well-wrought merit, by the observance of holy heat, by austerity, we that are fain of glory.

Translation

Durch das, wodurch die Götter zum Himmel emporstiegen, den Leib zurücklassend — den Nabel, die Mitte der Unsterblichkeit — durch eben dies mögen wir die Welt des wohlgewirkten Verdienstes erreichen: durch das Gelübde der heiligen Glut (gharma), durch Askese, wir, die nach Ruhm verlangen.

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Word by Word

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

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven (svarga)
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत्)

• आरुरुहुः: they ascended
• आरुरुहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: —
• Type: Verbal (absolutive)
• Root: हा (धातु) → त्यक्त्वा-कृदन्त

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of the deathless (nectar)
• अमृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिम्: navel; hub; central point
• नाभिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• गेष्म: may we go; let us attain
• गेष्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• सुकृतस्य: of good deed/merit
• सुकृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्मस्य: of heat; of the hot (gharma)
• घर्मस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतेन: by a vow; by observance
• व्रतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by austerity; by heat/penance
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशस्यवः: glorious; fame-bearing (we)
• यशस्यवः: Kartā (of implied ‘we’ / apposition)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: यशस्य (प्रातिपदिक; यशस् + य-प्रत्यय) → यशस्य

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (as transmitted for AVŚ 4.11)

Devata: Svarga/Amṛta (world-attainment), with ‘tapas/gharma’ as operative divine principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in AV style)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta