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Atharva Veda 10.2.31: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 31

Sukta 2

अ॒ष्टाच॑क्रा॒ नव॑द्वारा दे॒वानां॒ पूर॑यो॒ध्या। तस्यां॑ हिर॒ण्ययः॒ कोशः॑ स्व॒र्गो ज्योति॒षावृ॑तः

aṣṭā́cakrā́ návadvārā́ devā́nāṃ pū́r ayódhyā | tásyāṃ hiraṇyáḥ kóśaḥ svargó jyótiṣā́vṛtaḥ ||

Eight-wheeled, nine-doored, the Gods’ invincible stronghold: within it is a golden casket, heavenly, wrapped round with light.

भगवान का एक किला है जो आठ पहिये पर चलता है और उसमें नौ दरवाज़े हैं। कोई उससे तोड़ नहीं सकता। अंदर एक सोना का डिब्बा है, जैसे स्वर्ग में हो, और रोशनी से चमक रहा है।

अष्टाचक्राःhaving eight wheels
अष्टाचक्राः:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृ/अधिकरण-पदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (numeral compound)
Rootअष्टन् (संख्या) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नवद्वाराःhaving nine doors
नवद्वाराः:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृ/अधिकरण-पदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (numeral compound)
Rootनवन् (संख्या) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पूरयोध्याthe city ‘Ayodhyā’ (the unassailable citadel)
पूरयोध्या:
कर्तृ (उद्देश्य-वाक्ये नामपदम्)
TypeNoun (compound; appositional/qualificative name)
Rootपूरि/पुरी (प्रातिपदिक) + अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्याम्in that (city)
तस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्ययःgolden
हिरण्ययः:
विशेषणम् (कोशस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) → हिरण्यय (तद्धित)
कोशःsheath; treasury; container
कोशः:
कर्तृ (अस्ति/भवति इति अध्याहृतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वर्गःheaven; celestial (one)
स्वर्गः:
समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः (कोशस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्योतिषाwith light
ज्योतिषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आवृतःcovered; enclosed
आवृतः:
विशेषणम् (कोशस्य)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√वृ (वृञ्) + आ- (उपसर्ग) ; क्त-प्रत्यय

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within AV 10.2 to Atharvanic seers (speculative hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists).

Devata: Brahman/Ātman as the inner luminous principle; the ‘pura’ as sacralized body.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; mixed/irregular in speculative passages)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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