Atharva Veda 15.13.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 6

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये दि॒वि पुण्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

IAST Transliteration

yé́ diví púṇyā́ lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What meritorious worlds there are in heaven—those, even those, by that he verily wins and holds fast.

Translation

天にある功徳の諸世界——それらを、まさにそれらを、彼はそれによって確かに獲得し、堅く保持する。

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Word by Word

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

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘द्यौ/दिव्’)

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

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

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• अव: down; (as prefix) ‘down/away, firmly’
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अव

• रुन्द्धे: he/she/it blocks, shuts in, confines (wins/securely obtains)
• रुन्द्धे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya cycle)

Devata: Heavenly lokas (divi) / merit (puṇya)

Chandas: Ritual-prose style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta