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

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.8

IAST Transliteration

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

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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.

Translation

Surya ne saat peele ghode apne rath mein jode. Unke chamke hue chamke the, bade aur taakatwar the. Phir woh bhagwan andhere se aage nikla. Usne andhera hata diya aur aasmaan ki taraf chadhta gaya.

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Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्याः: suns / solar beings
• सूर्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरितः: golden/greenish (bright)
• हरितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातवे: to go / to ride forth
• यातवे: Prayojana
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: या (धातु) → यातु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / यातृ-भावः

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यत्वचसः: having golden skin/covering
• हिरण्यत्वचसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य-त्वचस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भावः)

• बृहतीः: great, lofty
• बृहतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयुक्त: yoked / harnessed
• अयुक्त: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: युज् (धातु) → अ-युक्त (कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त)

• अमोचि: was released / was set free
• अमोचि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → अ-मोचि

• शुक्रः: the bright one
• शुक्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रजसः: from/of the space/dusty realm
• रजसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परस्तात्: from beyond / on the farther side
• परस्तात्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्तात् (अव्यय)

• विधूय: having shaken off
• विधूय: Kriyā (पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb (gerund)
• Root: धू (धातु) + वि- → विधूय

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवम्: to heaven / the sky
• दिवम्: Karma (गत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरुहत्: ascended / mounted
• आरुहत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) + आ- → आरुहत्

Attribution

Rishi: Sūrya-hymn tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Sūrya

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

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta