Atharva Veda 15.13.10: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 10

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य ए॒वाप॑रिमिताः॒ पुण्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

IAST Transliteration

yá evā́parimitāḥ púṇyā lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Even those worlds of merit that are unmeasured—those very worlds he, by that (observance), makes fast and wins unto himself.

Translation

Aun esos mundos de mérito, inconmensurables—esos mismos mundos, por esa (observancia, voto), él los asegura y los gana para sí.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• अपरिमिताः: unmeasured, limitless
• अपरिमिताः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिकम्; √मा ‘माने/मितौ’ → ‘मित’), उपसर्गः परि, नञ्-प्रत्ययः अ-

• पुण्याः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• तेन: by that, with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अव: down, completely (preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (upasarga/nipāta)

• रुन्द्धे: (he) blocks, restrains, shuts off
• रुन्द्धे: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (रुन्धति) ‘आवरणे/निरोधे’

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/anonymous Atharvanic redaction

Devata: Puṇya-loka (reward-realms) / Vrātya-observance as efficacious principle

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta