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Atharva Veda 6.39.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 3

Sukta 39

य॒शा इन्द्रो॑ य॒शा अ॒ग्निर्य॒शाः सोमो॑ अजायत । य॒शा विश्व॑स्य भू॒तस्या॒हम॑स्मि य॒शस्त॑मः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.39.3

yaśā́ índro yaśā́ agnír yaśā́ḥ sómo ajāyata | yaśā́ víśvasya bhūtásyā́ham asmi yaśástamaḥ ||

Glorious is Indra, glorious Agni; glorious Soma hath been born. Glorious, of all that is, am I—most glorious.

Ruhmvoll ist Indra, ruhmvoll Agni; ruhmvoll ist Soma geboren. Ruhmvoll bin ich unter allem Seienden — der Ruhmvollste.

यशाglory, fame
यशा:
कर्म (यशः = ‘यशसा/यशः’—प्राप्तव्य/उत्पन्न वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यशाglory
यशा:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
यशाःglories, fame(s)
यशाः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायतwas born, came into being
अजायत:
(अकर्मक) — कर्तृ-प्रधान; ‘सोमः’ कर्ता
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जायते) / √जन्
यशाglory
यशा:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्यof all, of the entire
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भूतस्यof what has become; of beings/that exists
भूतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूत (√भू क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
(सम्बन्ध/अस्ति-क्रिया) — कर्तृ ‘अहम्’
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
यशस्तमःmost glorious, most famed
यशस्तमः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (अहम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस् + तमप् (तम) प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution uncertain in isolation)

Devata: Yaśas (Fame) with Indra/Agni/Soma as exemplars

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short, charm-like cadence)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shringara

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