Mantra 9
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदुपरिशयनमाहरन्ति स्वर्गमेव तेन लोकमव रुन्द्धे
IAST Transliteration
yád upariśayánam āháranti svargám evá téna lokám áva runddhe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What covering they bring—therewith, in very deed, he fences in for himself the world of heaven.
Word by Word
यत्that which
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देश (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपरिशयनम्the upper covering/bed-spread (that which is laid over)
उपरिशयनम्:
कर्म (आहरन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootउपरि-शय (उपसर्ग ‘उपरि’ + √शी/शय ‘to lie, rest’) → ‘उपरिशयन’ (प्रातिपदिक)
आहरन्तिthey bring / fetch
आहरन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√हृ (to bring, fetch)
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
कर्म (गम्य-लक्ष्यरूपेण; ‘स्वर्गम् एव लोकम्’ इति समासार्थः)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed / just
एव:
सम्बन्ध (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
तेनby that / with that
तेन:
करण (येन साधनेन)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
लोकम्world; realm
लोकम्:
कर्म (रुन्द्धे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown; off; (as prefix) in a blocking/warding sense
अव:
क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ (अवरोध-भावः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रुन्द्धेhe/she blocks off; shuts in; secures
रुन्द्धे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुध् (to obstruct, block, shut in) [वेद. रूप ‘रुन्द्धे’]
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).
Devata: Svarga/Loka as ritual goal; bandhu of covering with heaven.
Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.
Mantra Rasa
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