Atharva Veda 9.6.2 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सामा॑नि॒ यस्य॒ लोमा॑नि॒ यजु॒र्हृद॑यमु॒च्यते॑ परि॒स्तर॑णा॒मिद्ध॒विः

IAST Transliteration

sā́māni yásya lómāni yájur hṛ́dayam ucyáte | paristarā́ṇām íddha havíḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose hairs are the Sāman-chants, whose heart is called the Yajus; whose spreadings are the kindled oblations,—

Translation

Dessen Haare die Sāman‑Gesänge sind, dessen Herz Yajus genannt wird; dessen Ausbreitungen die entzündeten Opfergaben sind,—

Word by Word

• सामानि: Sāman-chants
• सामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोमानि: hairs (body-hairs)
• लोमानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजुः: Yajus-formula
• यजुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्यते: is said / is called
• उच्यते: (Verb) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• परिस्तरणाम्: of the coverings/spreadings (coverlets, layers)
• परिस्तरणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-स्तरण (प्रातिपदिक; स्तृ/स्तॄ ‘to spread’ से भाव/करण-नाम)

• इद्धविः: the kindled/bright oblation
• इद्धविः: Karma
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: इद्ध-हविस् (समास; इद्ध = √इन्ध् ‘kindle’ का क्त; हविस् = ‘oblation’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)

Devata: Veda/Brahman embodied; implicitly the Atithi as sacral locus

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh/triṣṭubh-adjacent; excerpt insufficient for certainty

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta