Atharva Veda 15.13.10: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 10

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य ए॒वाप॑रिमिताः॒ पुण्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

IAST Transliteration

yá evā́parimitāḥ púṇyā lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Even those worlds of merit that are unmeasured—those very worlds he, by that (observance), makes fast and wins unto himself.

Translation

たとえ量り知れぬ功徳の清浄なる諸世界であっても——彼はその（戒行・作法）によって、まさにそれらの世界を堅く結びとめ、自らのものとして獲得する。

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• अपरिमिताः: unmeasured, limitless
• अपरिमिताः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिकम्; √मा ‘माने/मितौ’ → ‘मित’), उपसर्गः परि, नञ्-प्रत्ययः अ-

• पुण्याः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (nipāta)

• तेन: by that, with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अव: down, completely (preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (upasarga/nipāta)

• रुन्द्धे: (he) blocks, restrains, shuts off
• रुन्द्धे: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (रुन्धति) ‘आवरणे/निरोधे’

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/anonymous Atharvanic redaction

Devata: Puṇya-loka (reward-realms) / Vrātya-observance as efficacious principle

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta