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Atharva Veda 11.8.16: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 16

Sukta 8

यत् तच्छरी॑र॒मश॑यत् सं॒धया॒ संहि॑तं म॒हत्। येने॒दम॒द्य रोच॑ते॒ को अ॑स्मि॒न् वर्ण॒माभ॑रत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.8.16

yát tác charī́ram áśayat saṃdháyā sáṃhitaṃ mahát | yénédam adyá rócate kó asmín várṇam ā́bharat

That body which he laid down, a great thing compacted by joining—by whose power this now shines forth: who in this bestowed the colour (the fair complexion)?

वो शरीर जो उसने बनाया, बड़ी चीज जोड़ी-जोड़ी करके। आज उसकी वजह से यह चमक रहा है। किसने इसमें रंग भरा?

यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
— (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भावः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (अशयत् इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
कर्म (अशयत् इत्यस्य; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
अशयत्placed/laid (made to lie)
अशयत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootशी (धातु; ‘शेते’), caus./denom. sense ‘to cause to lie/place’
संधयाby a joint/connection
संधया:
करण (येन/यया संधत्ते—‘by a joint/connection’)
TypeNoun
Rootसंधि (प्रातिपदिक)
संहितम्put together, compacted
संहितम्:
— (विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसम् + धा → संहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
महत्great
महत्:
— (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
येनby which
येन:
करण (रोचते इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्तृ (रोचते इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
अधिकरण (कालः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
रोचतेshines, appears bright
रोचते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरुच् (धातु)
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (आभरत् इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
अधिकरण (आभरत्/रोचते—‘in this’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; अस्मिन्-रूप)
वर्णम्color, form, appearance
वर्णम्:
कर्म (आभरत् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
आभरत्brought, bestowed, produced
आभरत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ + भृ (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition for AV 11.8.

Devata: Saṃdhā (joining power) and the unnamed bestower of varṇa (often construed as divine agency of vitality).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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