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Atharva Veda 5.12.9: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 9

Sukta 12

य इ॒मे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी जनि॑त्री रू॒पैरपिं॑श॒द् भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । तम॒द्य हो॑तरिषि॒तो यजी॑यान् दे॒वं त्वष्टा॑रमि॒हय॑क्षि वि॒द्वान्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.12.9

yá imé dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ jánitrī rūpáir ápīṃśad bhúvanāni víśvā | tám adyá hotar iṣitó yájīyān deváṃ tváṣṭāram ihá yákṣi vidvā́n ||

He who with forms hath fashioned these two Begetters, Heaven and Earth, and wrought all worlds—him, today, O Hotṛ, impelled (to thy task), the more adorable God, Tvaṣṭṛ, here worship thou, as one that knoweth.

Der, der mit Gestalten diese beiden Erzeugerinnen, Himmel und Erde, geformt und alle Welten gewirkt hat—ihn, heute, o Hotṛ, zum Dienst angetrieben, den höchst verehrungswürdigen Gott Tvaṣṭṛ, verehre hier, du Wissender.

यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese (two)
इमे:
कर्म (अपिंशत् इत्यस्य) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्म (अपिंशत् इत्यस्य) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ- + पृथिवी (समाहार/द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)
जनित्री(the) begetting mothers / progenitresses
जनित्री:
कर्म (विशेषणत्वेन) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootजनितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् ‘to beget’ से)
रूपैःwith forms
रूपैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिंशत्fashioned / formed
अपिंशत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पिश् (पिंशति) ‘to adorn, fashion, form’
भुवनानिworlds / beings
भुवनानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
कर्म (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (यक्षि इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
होतॄन्Hotṛ-priests
होतॄन्:
कर्म (इषितः इत्यस्य; ‘होतॄन् इषितः’ = having urged the Hotṛ-priests)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
इषितःimpelled / having urged
इषितः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeParticiple
Root√इष् ‘to impel, set in motion’ (कृदन्त: क्त)
यजीयान्more worthy of worship
यजीयान्:
कर्तृ (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजीयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक; √यज् ‘to worship’ से)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म (यक्षि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वष्टारम्Tvaṣṭar
त्वष्टारम्:
कर्म (यक्षि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (Proper/Deity)
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
यक्षिworship / sacrifice to
यक्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’
विद्वान्knowing / wise
विद्वान्:
कर्तृ (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeParticiple
Root√विद् ‘to know’ (कृदन्त: क्वसु/वत्-प्रत्यय ‘विद्वस्’)

Rishi: RV-parallel suggests a Hotṛ-line seer; AV anukramaṇī attributions may differ by tradition.

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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