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Atharva Veda 8.9.25: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 25

Sukta 9

को नु गौः क ए॑कऋ॒षिः किमु॒ धाम॒ का आ॒शिषः॑ । य॒क्षं पृ॑थि॒व्यामे॑क॒वृदे॑क॒र्तुः क॑त॒मो नु सः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.9.25

kó nú gaúḥ ká ékaṛ́ṣiḥ kím u dhā́ma kā́ āśíṣaḥ | yákṣaṃ pṛthivyā́m ekavṛ́d ekaṛ́tuḥ katamó nú sáḥ ||

Who, pray, is the Cow? who is the One Seer? what, indeed, the Station? what are the Blessings? The Yakṣa on Earth, of single circuit, of single season— which, now, is He?

अब सवाल है, वो गाय कौन है? वो एक रिशि कौन है? यह सब कहाँ है? आशीर्वाद क्या हैं? धरती पर एक यक्ष है, एक चक्कर में, एक समय का। वो कौन है?

कःwho?
कः:
Kartā (प्रश्नवाचक-कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
नुindeed/now (emphatic particle)
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
गौःthe cow
गौः:
Kartā (प्रश्नवाचक-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā (प्रश्नवाचक-कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
एकऋषिःthe one seer / single ṛṣi
एकऋषिः:
Kartā/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootएक-ऋषि (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
उindeed/then (particle)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
धामabode; station; (divine) seat
धाम:
Karma/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
काwhich?/what? (fem.)
का:
Kartā/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
आशिषःblessings; benedictions
आशिषः:
Kartā/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक)
TypeNoun
Rootआशिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्षम्a yákṣa; wondrous being/power
यक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
एकवृत्the single-encompassing one / of one enclosure (epithet)
एकवृत्:
Kartā/विशेष्य
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootएक-वृत् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
एकर्तुःof the one-seasoned/one-ordering one (epithet)
एकर्तुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (genitive qualifier)
Rootएक-ऋतु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
कतमःwhich one (of many)?
कतमः:
Kartā/विशेष्य (प्रश्नवाचक)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootकतम (प्रातिपदिक; क-तम प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम-विशेषण)
नुindeed/now
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
सःhe/that
सः:
Kartā/अनुवाद (correlative)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम; प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer (often associated with Skambha/Prajāpati inquiry traditions)

Devata: Yakṣa / Brahman-like unifying principle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic flexibility)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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