Atharva Veda 8.9.20: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 20

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क॒थं गा॑य॒त्री त्रि॒वृतं॒ व्याऽप क॒थं त्रि॒ष्टुप् प॑ञ्चद॒शेन॑ कल्पते । त्र॒य॒स्त्रिं॒शेन॒ जग॑ती क॒थम॑नु॒ष्टुप् क॒थमे॑कविं॒शः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.9.20

IAST Transliteration

katháṃ gāyatrī́ trivṛ́taṃ vyā̀p katháṃ triṣṭúp pañcadaśéna kalpate | trayastríṃśena jágatī kathám anuṣṭúp kathám ekaviṃśáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

How did Gāyatrī attain the Trivṛt’s spread? how is Triṣṭubh made ready by the Fifteen? By the Thirty-three how (is) Jagatī? how (is) Anuṣṭubh? how the Twenty-one?

Translation

गायत्री ने त्रिवृत कैसे फैलाया? त्रिष्टुप पंद्रह से कैसे बना? जगती तीस-तैंतीस से कैसे होती है? अनुष्टुप कैसे? इक्कीस कैसे?

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• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• गायत्री: the Gāyatrī (metre)
• गायत्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिवृतम्: (as) the threefold/tri-vṛt (arrangement)
• त्रिवृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिवृत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘त्रि+वृत्’)

• वि: apart, forth (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• आप: reached/attained
• आप: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) / √आप्

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• त्रिष्टुप्: the Triṣṭubh (metre)
• त्रिष्टुप्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चदशेन: by/with fifteen
• पञ्चदशेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (numeral used substantively)
• Root: पञ्चदश (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पते: is arranged/comes to be fitted
• कल्पते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कल्पते)

• त्रयस्त्रिंशेन: by/with thirty-three
• त्रयस्त्रिंशेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (numeral used substantively)
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जगती: the Jagatī (metre)
• जगती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगती (प्रातिपदिक)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• अनुष्टुप्: the Anuṣṭubh (metre)
• अनुष्टुप्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• एकविंशः: (the) twenty-one (fold/number)
• एकविंशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (numeral used substantively)
• Root: एकविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Chandas/Stoma (sacralized liturgical forms)

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta