Atharva Veda 4.14.4 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 4

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्व॑१र्यन्तो॒ नापे॑क्षन्त॒ आ द्यां रो॑हन्ति॒ रोद॑सी । य॒ज्ञं ये वि॒श्वतो॑धारं॒ सुवि॑द्वांसो वितेनि॒रे

IAST Transliteration

svàr-yántaḥ ná́pekṣante ā́ dyā́m róhanti ródasī | yajñáṃ yé viśvátodhāraṃ su-vidvā́ṃso viténire

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heaven-ward they go, and look not back: they climb unto the sky, the Two Worlds. They who, right-knowing, have stretched the Sacrifice, upheld on every side.

Translation

彼らはスヴァル（Svàr）へと向かい、振り返ることなく進む。彼らは天へ、二界（天地）へと登りゆく。全方に支えられた祭祀（yajña）を、正しく知る者たちが張り広げたのだ。

Word by Word

• स्वर्यन्तः: seeking heaven / aspiring upward
• स्वर्यन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √स्वर् (स्वर्यति) / स्वर्यन्त- (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अपेक्षन्ते: they look for / wait for / depend on
• अपेक्षन्ते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईक्ष् (अपेक्षते)

• आ: up to, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) अव्यय
• Root: आ

• द्याम्: the heaven, sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहन्ति: they ascend, mount
• रोहन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रोहति)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (dual) / fixed dual
• Root: रोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ) (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वतः: from all sides, universally
• विश्वतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / adjective used adverbially
• Root: विश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारम्: supporting, sustaining
• धारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुविद्वांसः: well-knowing, wise
• सुविद्वांसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (perfect participle)
• Root: विद्वांस् (√विद्) + सु-

• वितेनिरे: they have spread out / extended
• वितेनिरे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन् (वितनुते/वितनोति; वेदे: वितेनिरे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Yajña (personified) / Svàr

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; depends on pada division)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta