Atharva Veda 9.6.7 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 7

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदा॑वस॒थान् क॒ल्पय॑न्ति सदोहविर्धा॒नान्ये॒व तत् क॑ल्पयन्ति

IAST Transliteration

yádāvasathā́n kalpáyanti sadóhavirdhānā́ny eva tát kalpayanti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When they set in order the lodging-places, they are, in very deed, setting in order the Sadas and the Havirdhāna.

Translation

Wenn sie die Lager‑ und Herbergsplätze herrichten, so richten sie wahrhaftig das Sadas und das Havirdhāna her.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवसथान्: resting-places / dwellings
• अवसथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसथ (प्रातिपदिक; अव+√स्था → अवसथ ‘आवास/विश्रामस्थान’)

• कल्पयन्ति: they arrange / prepare
• कल्पयन्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्/कल्प् (कारणे/विधौ) – ‘to arrange, prepare’ (causative: कल्पयति)

• सदः: the ‘sadas’ hall (ritual hall)
• सदः: Adhikaraṇa (समासे स्थानवाचक-आश्रय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सभा/सदन/सदः’)

• हविर्धानानि: havis-receptacles / places for the oblation
• हविर्धानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविर्धान (प्रातिपदिक; हविस् + धान ‘हविर्धान’ = oblation-receptacles/places for havis)

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयन्ति: they arrange / prepare
• कल्पयन्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्/कल्प् (कारणे/विधौ) – causative ‘कल्पयति’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Yajña-space as sacral principle; indirectly Agni and the ritual order (ṛta)

Chandas: Prose / yajus-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta