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Atharva Veda 8.9.16: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 16

Sukta 9

षड् जा॒ता भू॒ता प्र॑थम॒जर्तस्य॑ षडु॒ सामा॑नि षड॒हं व॑हन्ति । ष॒ड्यो॒गं सीर॒मनु॒ साम॑साम॒ षडा॑हु॒र्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीः षडु॒र्वीः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.9.16

ṣáḍ jātā́ bhūtā́ prathamajártásya ṣáḍ u sāmā́ni ṣaḍaháṃ vahanti | ṣáḍyogáṃ sī́ram ánu sā́masāma ṣáḍ ā́hur dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ḥ ṣáḍ urvī́ḥ

Six beings were born of the First that moveth; six Sāman-chants bear on the six-day course. Sixfold the yoking of the plough, with chant on chant: six, they say, are Heaven and Earth—six the broad expanses.

पहले पैदा होने वाले से छह चीज़ों ने जनम लिया। छह गाने छह दिन तक चलते हैं। हल जोड़ने का भी छह तरीका है, हर गाने के साथ। लोग कहते हैं दुनिया और धरती, छह बड़े खुले एरिया हैं।

षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/कर्म-सम्बन्धि)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
जाताःborn
जाताः:
Kartā (वहन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootजात (√जन्)
भूताःbecome; existent
भूताः:
Kartā (जाताः इत्यस्य सह-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootभूत (√भू)
प्रथमजर्तस्यof the first-born/prime begetter (epithet)
प्रथमजर्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootप्रथम-जर्त (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (सामानि)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सामानिSāman-chants
सामानि:
Karma (वहन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (अहम्/अहः-सम्बन्धि)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā (वहन्ति इत्यस्य—पाठभेद/वेदिक-प्रयोगः)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम)
वहन्तिcarry; bear
वहन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह्
षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (योगम्)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
योगम्yoking; joining; harnessing
योगम्:
Karma (अनु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
सीरम्plough
सीरम्:
Karma (अनु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसीर (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुalong; following
अनु:
उपपद-सम्बन्ध (अनुगमन/अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सामसामof (each) Sāman, successively
सामसाम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of Sāman after Sāman’)
TypeNoun (reduplicated compound)
Rootसामन्-सामन् (द्विरुक्त/समास-प्रातिपदिक)
षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (ऊर्वीः)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
आहुःthey have said; they call
आहुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (ब्रू-अर्थे) / √वच् (अर्थसाम्येन)
द्यावापृथिवीःheaven-and-earth
द्यावापृथिवीः:
Karma (आहुः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक: द्यौः+पृथिवी)
षट्six
षट्:
विशेषण (ऊर्वीः)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्वीःbroad ones; wide expanses
ऊर्वीः:
Karma (आहुः इत्यस्य; द्यावापृथिवीः इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऊर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution required).

Devata: Prime principle (prathamajarta) and ordered cosmic supports (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī).

Chandas: Irregular enumerative (requires scan).

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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