Atharva Veda 13.4.8: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 8

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्यै॒ष मारु॑तो ग॒णः स ए॑ति शि॒क्याकृ॑तः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.4.8

IAST Transliteration

tásya eṣá mārúto gaṇáḥ sá eti śikyā́kṛtaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of him this Marut-host is here: it comes, wrought as a hanging net.

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Word by Word

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तस्यै (तद्-शब्दः)

• एषः: this
• एषः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एषः

• मारुतः: Marut-like; belonging to the Maruts
• मारुतः: कर्ता (एषः … मारुतः) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक; मरुत्-सम्बद्ध) → मारुतः

• गणः: troop, host
• गणः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सः

• एति: goes, comes, proceeds
• एति: (क्रिया) — कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः ‘सः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) — ‘to go’

• शिक्याकृतः: made/formed as a ‘śikyā’ (sling/bag); sling-shaped
• शिक्याकृतः: विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: शिक्या (प्रातिपदिक ‘झोली/थैली/स्लिङ्ग’) + कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त) ; समास/तत्पुरुषः: शिक्या-कृत

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Marut-gaṇa (as attendants of the invoked sovereign power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (shorter, 1-line cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta