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Atharva Veda 8.9.19: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 19

Sukta 9

स॒प्त च्छन्दां॑सि चतुरुत्त॒राण्य॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्मि॒न्नध्यार्पि॑तानि । क॒थं स्तोमाः॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठन्ति॒ तेषु॒ तानि॒ स्तोमे॑षु॒ क॒थमार्पि॑तानि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.9.19

saptá chándāṃsi caturuttarā́ṇy anyó anyásminn adhyārpitā́ni | katháṃ stomā́ḥ práti tiṣṭhanti téṣu tā́ni stoméṣu kathám ārpitā́ni ||

Seven are the metres, with four as their over-addition, each upon the other set and fastened. How stand the chants in answer within them? and those metres—how are they fastened within the chants?

सात छंद हैं, और चार और ऊपर भी। एक के ऊपर एक रखा है सब। स्तोम कैसे उसमें खड़े हैं? वो छंद उसमें कैसे जुड़ते हैं?

सप्तseven
सप्त:
विशेषण (कर्म/कर्तृ-पदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
छन्दांसिmetres (chandas)
छन्दांसि:
कर्तृ (आर्पितानि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चतुरुत्तराणिhaving four as the later/upper (i.e., with four following/added)
चतुरुत्तराणि:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुरुत्तर (समास-प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + उत्तर)
अन्यःone (is) different
अन्यः:
कर्तृ (अध्यार्पितानि इत्यस्य; ‘एकः’ इत्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यस्मिन्in another
अन्यस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
उपसर्ग (आर्पि-धातोः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आर्पितानिare placed/fastened
आर्पितानि:
विधेय (छन्दांसि इत्यस्य)
TypeVerb
Root√अर्प् (अर्पणे) / आर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
कथम्how?
कथम्:
प्रश्न-अव्यय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
स्तोमाःpraises, hymns (stomas)
स्तोमाः:
कर्तृ (तिष्ठन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtowards, in response to
प्रति:
उपसर्ग (स्था-धातोः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तिष्ठन्तिstand, are established
तिष्ठन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति; स्थाने)
तेषुin them (i.e., in those metres)
तेषु:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तानिthose (again)
तानि:
कर्म/विषय (आर्पितानि इत्यस्य; ‘तानि (स्तोमान्/स्तोमानि)’ इति संदर्भानुसार)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोमेषुin the praises (stomas)
स्तोमेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
कथम्how?
कथम्:
प्रश्न-अव्यय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
आर्पितानिare placed/fastened
आर्पितानि:
विधेय
TypeVerb
Root√अर्प् (अर्पणे) / आर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Chandas and Stoma as sacralized speech-structures (Vāc implicit)

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone (self-referential discussion of chandas)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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