Atharva Veda 13.2.28: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 28

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अत॑न्द्रो या॒स्यन् ह॒रितो॒ यदास्था॒द् द्वे रू॒पे कृ॑णुते॒ रोच॑मानः । के॒तु॒मानु॒द्यन्त्सह॑मानो॒ रजां॑सि॒ विश्वा॑ आदित्य प्र॒वतो॒ वि भा॑सि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.28

IAST Transliteration

atándro yāsyán haríto yád āsthā́d dvé rūpé kṛṇute rócamānaḥ | ketumā́n udyán sáhamāno rájāṃsi víśvā āditya právato ví bhāsi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unwearied, when he goeth and hath mounted the bay steeds, shining he maketh for himself two forms. Bannered, rising, overpowering all the regions, O Āditya, thou beamest forth along every slope and course.

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Word by Word

• अतन्द्रः: untiring, unwearied
• अतन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन्द्रा (प्रातिपदिक) ← तन्द्र् (धातु, ‘to be sluggish’)

• यास्यन्: going, proceeding
• यास्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: या (धातु ‘to go’)

• हरितः: the bay/greenish one (Sun’s horse/steed)
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्थात्: stood up, mounted, took position
• आस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु ‘to stand’) + आ-

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपे: forms, appearances
• रूपे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुते: makes, fashions
• कृणुते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु ‘to do/make’)

• रोचमानः: shining, radiant
• रोचमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: रुच् (धातु ‘to shine’)

• केतुमान्: bannered; having a sign/ray (bright)
• केतुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्यन्: rising
• उद्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: उद्-या (धातु ‘to go up, rise’)

• सहमानः: overcoming, withstanding
• सहमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: सह् (धातु ‘to overcome/endure’)

• रजांसि: dusts; mists; (also) regions/realms
• रजांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्य: O Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्य: (Address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवतः: slopes, descents; downward stretches
• प्रवतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, widely, forth
• वि: (modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भासि: you shine
• भासि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु ‘to shine’)

Attribution

Rishi: Saurya seer(s) of AV 13.2 (traditional attribution varies).

Devata: Āditya/Sūrya with Harit (solar steeds).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (sectional norm; scansion varies by recension/edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta