Atharva Veda 13.2.22: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि द्यामे॑षि॒ रज॑स्पृ॒थ्वह॒र्मिमा॑नो अ॒क्तुभिः॑ । पश्य॒न् जन्मा॑नि सूर्य

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.22

IAST Transliteration

ví dyā́m eṣi rájaḥ pṛthv áhar mímāno aktúbhiḥ | páśyan jánmāni sūrya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth through the heaven thou goest, through the broad mid-air, meting out the day by nights; beholding births, O Sūrya.

Translation

Suraj aasmaan se nikalta hai, hawa mein se guzarta hai. Din aur raat ko sahi karke chalta hai. Har janam ko dekh raha hai, kaun kahan paida ho raha hai.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• द्याम्: the sky, heaven
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (prātipadika)

• एषि: you go, you move
• एषि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• रजः: space, mid-air, region
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (prātipadika)

• पृथु: broad, wide
• पृथु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु (prātipadika)

• अहः: day
• अहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्/अहः (prātipadika)

• मिमानः: measuring out
• मिमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; √mā ‘measure’)

• अक्तुभिः: with nights / by night-times
• अक्तुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (prātipadika)

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)

• जन्मानि: births, becomings
• जन्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (prātipadika)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with solar seers in AV 13.2 (to be verified per Anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit).

Devata: Sūrya (Sun).

Chandas: Predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī style in solar hymns; this verse is best treated as a mixed/irregular pāda-set pending metrical scan by edition.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta