Atharva Veda 10.8.5: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 5

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं स॑वित॒र्वि जा॑नीहि॒ षड् य॒मा एक॑ एक॒जः । तस्मि॑न् हापि॒त्वमि॑छन्ते॒ य ए॑षा॒मेक॑ एक॒जः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 10.8.5

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ savitar ví jānīhi ṣáḍ yamā́ éka ekajáḥ | tásmin ha āpitvám ichante yá eṣā́m éka ekajáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, O Savitar, discern thou clearly: six are the paired ordinances; one is the single-born. In him they seek participation and kinship—he who is, of these, the one single-born.

Translation

सवितर भगवान, यह बात साफ समझ, छह चीज़ें जोड़ी में हैं, और एक अकेले में पैदा हुआ। लोग उसमें हिस्सा माँगते हैं जो अकेले पैदा हुआ।

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this (it)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितः: O Savitṛ
• सवितः: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• जानीहि: know; recognize
• जानीहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (जानीते/जानाति)

• षट्: six
• षट्: Kartā
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षष्/षट् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)

• यमाः: Yamas; restrainers (a class of beings)
• यमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकजः: single-born; born of one
• एकजः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकज (प्रातिपदिक; एक + ज ‘born’)

• तस्मिन्: in him/therein
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• अपित्वम्: companionship; intimate association
• अपित्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपित्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सहवास/सङ्ग’)

• इच्छन्ते: they desire
• इच्छन्ते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/√इच्छ् (इच्छति)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकजः: single-born; born of one
• एकजः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकज (प्रातिपदिक; एक + ज)

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition

Devata: Savitṛ; also the ‘Ekaja’ (unitary source-principle)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compressed, aphoristic)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta