Atharva Veda 9.6.5 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 5

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या ए॒व य॒ज्ञ आपः॑ प्रणी॒यन्ते॒ ता ए॒व ताः

IAST Transliteration

yā́ eva yajñé ā́paḥ praṇīyánte tā́ eva tā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The very Waters that are led forward in the sacrifice—those, even those, are these.

Translation

Gerade die Wasser, die im Opfer (yajña) vorangeführt werden—genau diese, eben diese, sind es hier.

Word by Word

• याः: which (those)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice / in the ritual
• यज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (prātipadika; pluralia tantum)

• प्रणीयेन्ते: are led forth / are brought forward
• प्रणीयेन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नी (धातु: नी; upasarga: प्र)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• ताः: those (same)
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Āpas

Chandas: Prose / short identificatory formula

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta