Atharva Veda 4.14.9: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 9

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शृ॒तम॒जं शृ॒तया॒ प्रोर्णु॑हि त्व॒चा सर्वै॒रङ्गैः॒ संभृ॑तं वि॒श्वरू॑पम्। स उत् ति॑ष्ठे॒तो अ॒भि नाक॑मुत्त॒मं प॒द्भिश्च॒तुर्भिः॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठ दि॒क्षु

IAST Transliteration

śr̥tám ajáṃ śr̥táyā prórṇuhi tvácā sárvair áṅgaiḥ sáṃbhr̥taṃ viśvárūpam | sá út tíṣṭhetó abhí nā́kam uttamáṃ padbhíś catúrbhiḥ práti tiṣṭha dikṣú

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The boiled goat—cover thou it with the boiled (preparation), with skin; with all its members, compacted, manifold in form. Let it rise from hence toward the highest heaven; with four feet take thou firm stand, confronting, in the quarters.

Translation

શૃતાં અજને શૃતાં (પાકેલી તૈયારી)થી, ચામડી વડે ઢાંકી દે; તેના સર્વ અંગો સાથે સંઘટિત, વિશ્વરૂપ બનાવ. તે અહીંથી ઊઠીને ઉત્તમ નાક (સ્વર્ગ) તરફ જાય; ચાર પગ વડે દિશાઓમાં સામસામે દૃઢપણે સ્થિર થા.

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• शृतम्: cooked/boiled, prepared
• शृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √श्रि/श्रय्? → here as PPP ‘शृत’ from √श्रि?; in Vedic commonly ‘शृत’ = ‘cooked/boiled’ from √श्रि/श्रय् is unlikely; standard is √श्रि not; better: √श्रि is ‘to lean’; ‘शृत’ as PPP from √श्रि is not regular; in AV ‘शृत’ is used for ‘cooked/boiled’ from √श्रि? actually classical: √श्रि has no; ‘शृत’ is PPP of √श्रि?; more securely: PPP of √श्रि is ‘श्रित’; hence take ‘शृत’ as PPP of √श्र (to cook) i.e., √श्र (श्र्) not standard; but Vedic has √श्र (to cook) attested → ‘शृत’}

• अजम्: goat
• अजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृतया: with cooked/boiled (i.e., prepared)
• शृतया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोर्णुहि: cover, wrap (thou)
• प्रोर्णुहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते ‘to cover, wrap’)

• त्वचा: with skin/hide
• त्वचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गैः: with limbs/parts
• अङ्गैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• संभृतम्: collected, well-assembled
• संभृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √भृ (भरति ‘to bear, bring together’) → संभृत (PPP)

• विश्व-रूपम्: of all forms, multiform
• विश्व-रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व + रूप (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तिष्ठेतो: let the two stand / may (they) stand
• तिष्ठेतो: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) ; dual form ‘तिष्ठेतः/तिष्ठेतो’ (Vedic variant)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नाकम्: heaven, celestial vault
• नाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: highest
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)

• पद्भिः: with feet/steps
• पद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठ: stand (thou)
• तिष्ठ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• दिक्षु: in the directions
• दिक्षु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this extract)

Devata: Consecrated paśu/viśvarūpa construct; also Diśaḥ and Nāka as goal-stations

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (instructional cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira