Atharva Veda 7.22.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 1

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्योतिः। अ॒यं स॒हस्र॒मा नो॑ दृ॒शे क॑वी॒नां म॒तिर्ज्योति॒र्विध॑र्मणि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.22.1

IAST Transliteration

jyótiḥ | ayáṃ sahásram ā́ no dṛśé kavī́nāṃ matír jyótir vídharmani

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Light is this: a thousandfold it cometh forth for us to see—the seers’ inspired thought, light set in the ordinance of order.

Translation

Licht ist dies: tausendfach tritt es hervor, damit wir es schauen — der Seher inspirierter Gedanke, Licht, eingesetzt in die Satzung der Ṛta (kosmischen Ordnung).

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Word by Word

• ज्योतिः: light; radiance
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सहस्रमः: thousandfold; consisting of a thousand
• सहस्रमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रम (संख्याशब्द/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशे: for seeing; for (our) sight
• दृशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/infinitival dative)
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृश्/दर्शन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• कवीनाम्: of the seers/poets
• कवीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मतिः: thought; insight; intention
• मतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योतिः: light; radiance
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधर्मणि: in the ordinance/order; in the established rule
• विधर्मणि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (requires anukramaṇī verification for AVŚ 7.22.1).

Devata: Jyotis/Āditya (Light as a deified power).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like brevity but metrically irregular; requires scansion.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta