Atharva Veda 13.2.45: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 45

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्य॑स्य महि॒मा पृ॑थि॒वीं स॑मु॒द्रं ज्योति॑षा वि॒भ्राज॒न् परि॒ द्याम॒न्तरि॑क्षम्। सर्वं॑ सं॒पश्य॑न्त्सुवि॒दत्रो॒ यज॑त्र इ॒दं शृ॑णोतु॒ यद॒हं ब्रवी॑मि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.45

IAST Transliteration

páry asya mahimā́ pṛthivī́ṃ samudráṃ jyótiṣā vibhraján párí dyā́m antárikṣam | sárvaṃ saṃpáśyan suvidátró yájatra idáṃ śṛṇotu yád aháṃ bravī́mi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round him is majesty: with light he shineth over earth and ocean, over heaven and the mid-air. Beholding all, the good bestower, worship-worthy—let him hear this which I speak.

Translation

उसकी बड़ाई उसके आस-पास है। रोशनी से वो धरती और समुंदर चमकाता है, आसमान और हवा में भी। वो सब देख सकता है, अच्छा देता है, उसकी पूजा होती है। जो मैं बोल रहा हूँ वो सुन ले।

The meaning

What it says

The majesty of Sūrya surrounds him; with his light he shines over earth and ocean, over heaven and midspace. As the all-seeing, generous, worship-worthy one, he is asked to hear the speaker.

The inner meaning

Light is the mind’s boundary-maker: it defines what is inside/outside, safe/unsafe. By imagining one’s whole environment enclosed in solar radiance, anxiety disperses and vigilance becomes calm rather than paranoid.

The truth in it

Protection is strongest when it is total and non-selective: what is brought into the light—seen, named, and witnessed—loses its capacity to harm from hiding.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Apotropaic (cosmic enclosure) / Paustika (success through solar sanction)

Its aim

To establish a total protective enclosure over the patron’s environment (earth–sea–sky–midspace) by solar light, ensuring success and warding off pervasive dangers.

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Word by Word

Pada patha

परि॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । म॒हि॒मा । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । स॒मु॒द्रम् । ज्योति॑षा । वि॒-भ्राज॑न् । परि॑ । द्याम् । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । सर्व॑म् । सं॒-पश्य॑न् । सु॒-विद॑त्रः । यज॑त्रः । इ॒दम् । शृ॒णो॒तु॒ । यत् । अ॒हम् । ब्रवी॑मि

पर्यस्य

of him / hisPronounपुं/नपुं, षष्ठी एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)Root पर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पर्य’ = ‘परि’ उपसर्गयुक्त ‘अस्’/‘अस्य’ सर्वनाम-रूप) → अस्य

महिमा

greatness, majestygreatness, majesty; overwhelming potencyNounपुं, प्रथमा एकवचनRole कर्तृ/विषय (subject)Root महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

पृथिवीम्

the earthNounस्त्री, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

समुद्रम्

the oceanthe ocean/sea; the enclosing waters (cosmic boundary)Nounपुं, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

ज्योतिषा

with lightwith light; by luminous power (instrument of purification)Nounनपुं, तृतीया एकवचनRole करणRoot ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

विभ्राजन्

shining forth, illuminatingshining forth widely; flashing out (diffusive radiance)Verb (participle)वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंRole कर्तृ (agent participle)Root √भ्राज् (दीप्तौ) + वि-

परि

around, all aboutaround; encompassing (protective encirclement)Indeclinableअव्ययRole उपपद-सम्बन्ध (direction/extent)Root परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

द्याम्

the heaven, skyheaven/sky (upper domain)Nounस्त्री, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

अन्तरिक्षम्

the midspace, atmospheremidspace/atmosphere (intermediate realm)Nounनपुं, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

सर्वम्

all (everything)all; the entire totalityAdjective (used substantively)नपुं, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

संपश्यन्

seeing completely, beholdingVerb (participle)वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंRole कर्तृRoot √पश् (दर्शने) + सम्-

सुविदत्रः

good-knowing, well-discerninggood bestower; giver of good finding/successAdjectiveपुं, प्रथमा एकवचनRole विशेषण (of the subject)Root सु-विदत्र (प्रातिपदिक; सु + विदत्र ‘knower/one who finds/obtains’)

यजत्रः

worshipful, worthy of sacrificeworthy of worship; fit recipient of riteAdjectiveपुं, प्रथमा एकवचनRole विशेषण (of the subject)Root यजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship’)

इदम्

thisPronounनपुं, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्मRoot इदम् (सर्वनाम)

शृणोतु

let (him) hearlet him hear; let him heedVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथम पुरुष, एकवचनRole क्रिया (predicate)Root √श्रु (श्रवणे)

यत्

what, that whichwhat; that whichPronoun (relative)नपुं, द्वितीया एकवचनRole कर्म (of ‘ब्रवीमि’)Root यद् (सर्वनाम)

अहम्

IPronounप्रथमा एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot अहम् (सर्वनाम)

ब्रवीमि

I speak, I sayI utter; I pronounce (performative speech)Verbलट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तम पुरुष, एकवचनRole क्रिया (predicate)Root √ब्रू (वचने)

Sandhi Notes

• पर्य॑स्य = परि + अस्य (वेदिक-उच्चारण सहित)
• महि॒मा (महिमा) स्वतंत्र
• पृ॑थि॒वीं (पृथिवीम्) स्वतंत्र
• स॑मु॒द्रं (समुद्रम्) स्वतंत्र
• ज्योति॑षा स्वतंत्र
• वि॒भ्राज॒न् = वि- + भ्राजन् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• परि स्वतंत्र
• द्याम॒न्तरि॑क्षम् = द्याम् + अन्तरिक्षम् (म् + अ → म् अ, संधि-लेखन में संयुक्त)
• सं॒पश्य॑न्त् = सम्- + पश्यन् (शतृ)
• सुवि॒दत्रो॒ यज॑त्र = सुविदत्रः + यजत्रः (विसर्ग-लोप/ओ-रूप वेदिक संधि)
• शृ॑णोतु स्वतंत्र
• यद॒हं = यत् + अहम् (त् + अ → द् अ, वेदिक)
• ब्रवी॑मि स्वतंत्र।

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

Solar complex attribution (variable).

Devata

Sūrya/Āditya (light as encompassing majesty)

Chandas

Triṣṭubh (probable)

Rasa

Shanta and Adbhuta

Sayana's Commentary

The Seer

The Deity

The Metre

The Rite

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Substances

Healing Context

Magic Charm Layer

Symbols in this Mantra

Yogic Application

Chanting Notes

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