Atharva Veda 15.3.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 7

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वेद॑ आ॒स्तर॑णं॒ ब्रह्मो॑प॒बर्ह॑णम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.3.7

IAST Transliteration

véda ā́staraṇaṃ bráhmopabárhaṇam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Veda is the spreading-bedding; the Brahman is the bolster.

Translation

वेद नीचे बिछता है जैसे बिस्तर। ब्रह्मा ऊपर टिकता है जैसे तकिया।

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Word by Word

• वेदः: the Veda
• वेदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वेद’)

• आस्तरणम्: a spreading; a covering/bed; a layer
• आस्तरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तरण (प्रातिपदिक; √स्तृ ‘to spread’ से निष्पन्न)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power/holy utterance
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपबर्हणम्: a cushion/pillow; padding; bolster
• उपबर्हणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपबर्हण (प्रातिपदिक; उप- + √बृह्/बर्ह् ‘to make large, to pad’ से निष्पन्न)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition.

Devata: Brahman/Veda (abstract powers).

Chandas: Aphoristic; effectively a nominal sentence.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna