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Atharva Veda 9.9.14: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 14

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सने॑मि च॒क्रम॒जरं॒ वि वा॑वृत उत्ता॒नायां॒ दश॑ यु॒क्ता व॑हन्ति । सूर्य॑स्य॒ चक्षू॒ रज॑सै॒त्यावृ॑तं॒ यस्मि॑न्नात॒स्थुर्भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑

IAST Transliteration

sánemi cakrám ajáram ví vāvṛt uttānā́yāṃ dáśa yuktā́ vahanti | sū́ryasya cákṣū rájasā́ity āvṛ́taṃ yásminn ātásthur bhúvanāni víśvā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The rimmed wheel, unaging, hath rolled forth; upon the outspread expanse ten yoked ones draw it on. The Sun’s eye goeth, wrapped about with rajas; therein all worlds have taken their firm station.

Translation

Das Rad mit Felge, unalternd, hat sich ausgerollt und ist hervorgegangen; auf der ausgebreiteten Weite ziehen zehn Angespannte es dahin. Das Auge der Sonne geht, vom rajas umhüllt; darin haben alle Welten festen Stand genommen.

Word by Word
सनेमिmay I win / may I obtain
सनेमि:
Kartā (implicit ‘I/we’)
TypeVerb
Root√सन् (सना/सन् ‘to gain, win’)
चक्रम्wheel, disc
चक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √चक्र/√कृ (to turn) (etym.)
अजरम्unaging, undecaying
अजरम्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर (प्रातिपदिक) = अ- + जर (‘aging’)
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वावृतःhaving rolled/turned; revolving
वावृतः:
Kartā/Predicate (agreeing with implied subject ‘चक्रम्’/‘it’)
TypeVerb (past participle)
Root√वृत्/√वृ (to turn, roll) with reduplication (वा-वृत्)
उत्तानायाम्in the outstretched (position); on the extended (plane)
उत्तानायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootउत्तान (प्रातिपदिक) ‘outstretched, extended’
दशten
दश:
Kartā (qualifier of subject)
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
युक्ताःyoked, harnessed
युक्ताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√युज् (to yoke, join) → युक्त (PPP)
वहन्तिthey carry; they draw
वहन्ति:
Kartā (they) / Karma (implied: ‘it’/‘him’)
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (to carry, convey, draw)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षुःeye
चक्षुः:
Kartā/Subject
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
रजसाwith dust; with the (atmospheric) haze/space
रजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘dust; space/atmosphere’
एतिgoes, moves
एति:
Kartā (चक्षुः)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (to go)
आवृतम्covered, enveloped
आवृतम्:
Predicate (state of subject)
TypeParticiple (used predicatively)
Rootआ-√वृत् (to cover, enclose) → आवृत (PPP)
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (relative locus)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आतस्थुःthey have stood; they are established
आतस्थुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√स्था (to stand, be established)
भुवनानिworlds; beings/realms
भुवनानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक) < √भू (to be)
विश्वाall, entire
विश्वा:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: As in AV 9.9 cosmological sequence (Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution in later indices).

Devata: Sūrya (as cákṣus) and the cosmic wheel (saṃvatsara/ṛta).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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