Atharva Veda 15.13.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 2

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये पृ॑थि॒व्यां पुन्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.2

IAST Transliteration

yé pṛthivyā́ṁ púṇyā lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What meritorious worlds there are upon the earth—those very worlds he thereby wins and makes his own.

Translation

Dharti par jo acche lok hain, punya wale jagah hain, woh sab us insaan ko mil jate hain. Jiske ghar woh jaankaar vrata ek raat rukta hai, woh sab acchi jagah paa leta hai.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• पुण्याः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (prātipadika)

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (prātipadika)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अव: down, back; (as prefix) restraining/warding
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Upasarga
• Root: अव

• रुन्द्धे: he/she/it restrains, blocks, shuts in
• रुन्द्धे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु) — रुणद्धि/रुन्द्धे

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-related tradition (AV 15).

Devata: Puṇya-lokas (merit-realms) as quasi-personified goal; Vrātya as enabling agent.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed; compact anuṣṭubh-like cadence but not strictly metrical.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta