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Atharva Veda 19.42.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 42, Mantra 2

Sukta 42

ब्रह्म॒ स्रुचो॑ घृ॒तव॑ती॒र्ब्रह्म॑णा॒ वेदि॒रुद्धि॑ता । ब्रह्म॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ तत्त्वं॑ च ऋ॒त्विजो॒ ये ह॑वि॒ष्कृतः॑ । श॒मि॒ताय॒ स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.42.2

bráhma srúco ghr̥távatīr bráhmaṇā́ védir úddhitā | bráhma yajñásya táttvaṃ ca r̥tvíjo yé haviṣkr̥táḥ | śamitā́ya svā́hā

Brahman are the ghee-filled ladles; by brahman is the altar set up. Brahman is the sacrifice’s very truth, and the priests who fashion the oblation. To the Śamitar—svāhā!

जिस चमच से घी डालते हैं वो भी ब्रह्मा है। यज्ञ की वेदी भी ब्रह्मा से बनी है। यज्ञ का असली सच भी ब्रह्मा है। जो पंडित हवन करते हैं वो भी ब्रह्मा के काम कर रहे हैं। शमितर के लिए स्वाहा।

ब्रह्मBrahman; sacred power/holy formula
ब्रह्म:
Kartā (वाक्ये स्तुत्य/विधेय-रूपेण) / Karma (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्रुचःladles (sacrificial spoons)
स्रुचः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतवतीःfilled with ghee
घृतवतीः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृतवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणाby/with Brahman (sacred power)
ब्रह्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वेदीःthe altar
वेदीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्धिताraised; set up
उद्धिता:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeVerb (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootउद्-धा (धातु √धा) → उद्धित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मBrahman; sacred power
ब्रह्म:
Kartā (विधेय-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्त्वम्the true essence/principle
तत्त्वम्:
Kartā (विधेय-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ऋत्विजःthe officiating priests
ऋत्विजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā (ऋत्विजः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हविष्कृतःthose who have prepared/offered the oblation
हविष्कृतः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective (PPP used substantively)
Rootहविस् + √कृ (कृदन्त: कृत) → हविष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
शमितायto the śamitā (the restrainer/immolator; ritual functionary)
शमिताय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootशमितृ/शमिता (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञकर्मणि ‘शमिता’ = यज्ञपशोः शमयिता/संयमिता)
स्वाहाsvāhā (offering-call)
स्वाहा:
—
TypeIndeclinable (exclamation/formula)
Rootस्वाहा

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit here)

Devata: Brahman / Yajña; closing addressed to Śamitar-function (ritual personification)

Chandas: Late Atharvanic; svāhā-tag suggests prose-like liturgical cadence (meter uncertain)

Primary: shanta

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