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Atharva Veda 9.10.3: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 3

Sukta 10

जग॑ता॒ सिन्धुं॑ दि॒व्यऽस्कभायद् रथंत॒रे सूर्यं॒ पर्य॑पश्यत्। गा॒य॒त्रस्य॑ स॒मिध॑स्ति॒स्र आ॑हु॒स्ततो॑ म॒ह्ना प्र रि॑रिचे महि॒त्वा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 9.10.3

jágatā síndhuṃ diví ’skabhāyad rathantaré sū́ryaṃ páry apaśyat | gāyatrásya samídhas tisrá āhús táto máhnā prá ririce mahitvā́

With Jagatī he propped the flood in heaven; in Rathantara he beheld the Sun all round. Three kindlings, they say, belong to the Gāyatra: thence, by greatness, it overflowed in majesty.

जगती छंद से आसमान में समुंदर को संभाला गया। रथंतर में सूर्य को पूरा देखा गया। गायत्री के लिए तीन अग्नि जलाते हैं लोग। वही से इसकी महत्वा बढ़ गई और वो चमक उठा।

जगताby/with the moving (world); with the moving one
जगता:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक) ← √गम् (गत्यर्थ) (कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
सिन्धुम्the river/stream; the Sindhu
सिन्धुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
दिव्यःheavenly, divine
दिव्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) ← दिव् (द्युतौ) (विशेषण)
स्कभायत्propped up, supported, fixed
स्कभायत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्कभ् (स्तम्भे/आधारे)
रथंतरेin/at the Rathantara (Sāman/chant)
रथंतरे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootरथंतर (प्रातिपदिक; साम-विशेषः)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अपश्यत्saw, beheld
अपश्यत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (दर्शने)
गायत्रस्यof the Gāyatra (Gāyatrī/Gāyatra chant/metre)
गायत्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्र (प्रातिपदिक; छन्दः/साम-नाम)
समिधःkindling-sticks; fuel (for fire)
समिधः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध् (प्रातिपदिक)
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
विशेषण (समिधः)
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
आहुःthey have said; they call
आहुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (ब्रूवणे) / √आह् (कथने) (परस्मैपद)
ततःfrom that; thence
ततः:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्; अव्यय)
मह्नाby greatness, by mighty power
मह्ना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमहन/मह्न् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महत्त्व/महिमा’)
प्रforth, forward, out
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रिरिचेhas poured forth/has flowed out; has become abundant
रिरिचे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रिच् (विरेचने/रिक्तेः; ‘to empty, to pour out, to leave over’)
महित्वाby majesty, by greatness
महित्वा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमहित्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महत्त्व’)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (cosmic-chandas speculation).

Devata: Chandas as Skambha-like support; Sūrya as witness; Agni implied via samidh.

Chandas: Speculative; references Jagatī and Gāyatrī; not a simple single-metre hymn.

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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