Atharva Veda 4.11.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 6

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॑ दे॒वाः स्वरारुरु॒हुर्हि॒त्वा शरी॑रम॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभि॑म्। तेन॑ गेष्म सुकृ॒तस्य॑ लो॒कं घ॒र्मस्य॑ व्र॒तेन॒ तप॑सा यश॒स्यवः॑

IAST Transliteration

yéna devā́ḥ svàr āruruhúr hitvā́ śarī́ram amṛ́tasya nā́bhim | téna geṣma sukṛ́tasya lokáṃ gharmásya vraténa tápasā yaśasyávaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that whereby the Gods climbed up unto the Heaven, leaving behind the body, the navel-centre of immortality—by that same means may we attain the world of well-wrought merit, by the observance of holy heat, by austerity, we that are fain of glory.

Translation

Par ce par quoi les Dieux montèrent au Ciel, laissant le corps — le nombril, centre de l’immortalité — par cela même puissions-nous atteindre le monde du mérite bien accompli : par le vœu de la chaleur sacrée (gharma), par l’austérité, nous qui désirons la gloire.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which; with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven (svarga)
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत्)

• आरुरुहुः: they ascended
• आरुरुहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह् (धातु)

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: —
• Type: Verbal (absolutive)
• Root: हा (धातु) → त्यक्त्वा-कृदन्त

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of the deathless (nectar)
• अमृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिम्: navel; hub; central point
• नाभिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• गेष्म: may we go; let us attain
• गेष्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• सुकृतस्य: of good deed/merit
• सुकृतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्मस्य: of heat; of the hot (gharma)
• घर्मस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतेन: by a vow; by observance
• व्रतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by austerity; by heat/penance
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशस्यवः: glorious; fame-bearing (we)
• यशस्यवः: Kartā (of implied ‘we’ / apposition)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: यशस्य (प्रातिपदिक; यशस् + य-प्रत्यय) → यशस्य

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (as transmitted for AVŚ 4.11)

Devata: Svarga/Amṛta (world-attainment), with ‘tapas/gharma’ as operative divine principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in AV style)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta