Atharva Veda 9.6.1 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 1

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अतिथि-सत्कारः। (१) यो वि॒द्याद् ब्रह्म॑ प्र॒त्यक्षं॒ परूं॑षि॒ यस्य॑ संभा॒रा ऋचो॒ यस्या॑नू॒क्यऽम्

IAST Transliteration

yó vidyā́d bráhma pratyákṣaṃ parū́ṃṣi yásya saṃbhārā́ ṛ́co yásyānūkyàm

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso should know the sacred power, made manifest in very limbs; whose requisites are the Ṛc-verses, whose appointed recitation is the Anūkyā,—

Translation

Accueil et honneur de l’hôte (atithi-satkāra). (1) Celui qui connaît le Brahman, la puissance sacrée, manifestée directement dans les membres; dont les apprêts sont les strophes Ṛc, dont la récitation prescrite est l’Anūkyā,—

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्यात्: would know / should know
• विद्यात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने)

• ब्रह्म: the sacred power / brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly; manifest
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• परूंषि: joints; knots; (fig.) parts/segments
• परूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom / whose
• यस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संभाराः: provisions; requisites; ritual materials
• संभाराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभार (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋचः: verses (ṛcs)
• ऋचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom / whose
• यस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनूक्यम्: a following/recited formula; anuvākya-like recitation
• अनूक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अनूक्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)

Devata: Brahman (sacral speech/knowledge), embodied in the Atithi

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh/triṣṭubh-adjacent; excerpt insufficient for secure metrical diagnosis

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta