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Atharva Veda 13.2.8: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 8

Sukta 2

स॒प्त सूर्यो॑ ह॒रितो॑ यात॑वे॒ रथे॒ हिर॑ण्यत्वचसो बृह॒तीर॑युक्त । अमो॑चि शु॒क्रो रज॑सः प॒रस्ता॑द् वि॒धूय॑ दे॒वस्तमो॒ दिव॒मारु॑हत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.8

saptá sū́ryo haríto yātáve rathé híraṇya-tvacaso bṛhatī́r ayukta | amóci śukró rájasaḥ parástād vidhū́ya devás támo dívam ā́ruhat ||

Seven tawny mares, golden-skinned, great, did Sūrya yoke upon the chariot for his going. Released, the bright god from beyond the dusky region, shaking off the darkness, mounted up to heaven.

Sept juments fauves, à la peau d’or, grandes, Sūrya les attela au char pour sa marche. Délivré, le dieu lumineux, venu d’au-delà de la région sombre, secouant les ténèbres, monta au ciel.

सप्तseven
सप्त:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्याःsuns / solar beings
सूर्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितःgolden/greenish (bright)
हरितः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootहरित (प्रातिपदिक)
यातवेto go / to ride forth
यातवे:
Prayojana
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Rootया (धातु) → यातु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / यातृ-भावः
रथेon/in the chariot
रथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्यत्वचसःhaving golden skin/covering
हिरण्यत्वचसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-त्वचस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भावः)
बृहतीःgreat, lofty
बृहतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहती (प्रातिपदिक)
अयुक्तyoked / harnessed
अयुक्त:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootयुज् (धातु) → अ-युक्त (कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त)
अमोचिwas released / was set free
अमोचि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु) → अ-मोचि
शुक्रःthe bright one
शुक्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रजसःfrom/of the space/dusty realm
रजसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
परस्तात्from beyond / on the farther side
परस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्तात् (अव्यय)
विधूयhaving shaken off
विधूय:
Kriyā (पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb (gerund)
Rootधू (धातु) + वि- → विधूय
देवःthe god
देवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवम्to heaven / the sky
दिवम्:
Karma (गत्यर्थे)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
आरुहत्ascended / mounted
आरुहत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु) + आ- → आरुहत्

Rishi: Sūrya-hymn tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Sūrya

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (requires metrical audit in the chosen AV edition)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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