Atharva Veda 20.47.19: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 47, Mantra 19

Sukta 47

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि द्यामे॑षि॒ रज॑स्पृ॒थ्वह॒र्मिमा॑नो अ॒क्तुभिः॑ । पश्यं॒ जन्मा॑नि सूर्य

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.47.19

IAST Transliteration

ví dyā́m eṣi rájaḥ-pṛthu áhaḥ mímāno aktúbhiḥ | páśyañ jánmāni sū́rya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth through the heaven thou goest, broad through the mid-air, meting out the day by nights, beholding births, O Sūrya.

Translation

हे सूर्य, तुम आसमान में चले जाते हो। धरती के ऊपर भी चले जाते हो। दिन और रात के हिसाब से टाइम नापा करते हो। सब लोगों के जनम को भी देखते हो।

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth; intensifier with the verb
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• द्याम्: the sky, heaven
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (prātipadika)

• एषि: you go, you move
• एषि: Kartā (implicit ‘tvam’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• रजः: space, mid-air; region
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (prātipadika)

• पृथु: broad, wide
• पृथु: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु (prātipadika)

• अहः: day
• अहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्/अहर् (prātipadika)

• मिमानो: measuring
• मिमानो: Kartā (agreeing with the implied subject, e.g., सूर्यः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु) ‘to measure’

• अक्तुभिः: with nights; by night(-times)
• अक्तुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (prātipadika)

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Kartā (agreeing with the implied subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)

• जन्मानि: births; becomings; creatures (things born)
• जन्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (prātipadika)

• सूर्य: O Sun
• सूर्य: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived solar hymn material (AV 20); r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī.

Devata: Sūrya

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; requires metrical confirmation from the critical padapāṭha.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta