Atharva Veda 6.122.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 122, Mantra 2

Sukta 122

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त॒तं तन्तु॒मन्वेके॑ तरन्ति॒ येषां॑ द॒त्तं पित्र्य॒माय॑नेन । अ॒ब॒न्ध्वेके॒ दद॑तः प्र॒यच्छ॑न्तो॒ दातुं॒ चेच्छिक्षा॒न्त्स स्व॒र्ग ए॒व

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.122.2

IAST Transliteration

tatáṃ tántum ánv éke taranti yéṣāṃ dattáṃ pitryám ā́yanena | abandhv éke dadátaḥ práyacchanto dātúṃ céc chikṣā́nt sá svargá evá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Along the stretched thread some cross—those for whom, by the Fathers’ course, the gift is given. Others, though kinless, giving and bestowing—if they would learn to give, for them is heaven indeed.

Translation

張り渡された糸に沿って、ある者たちは渡り越える――祖霊（Pitṛ）の道により、施しが与えられた者たちである。ほかの者たちは、たとえ縁者なくとも、与え、分け与える。もし施しを学び与えようと願うなら――彼らにもまことに天界がある。

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Word by Word

• ततम्: stretched, extended
• ततम्: Karma (object/thing described)
• Type: Adjective (PPP used adjectivally)
• Root: √तन् (tan) / तन्तु- (prātipadika implied)

• तन्तुम्: thread
• तन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु-

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• एके: some (persons)
• एके: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक-

• तरन्ति: they cross over
• तरन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (tṝ)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (relative pronoun)

• दत्तम्: the given gift; what is given
• दत्तम्: Kartā (of implied ‘is’/‘exists’), or predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun/Adjective (PPP)
• Root: √दा (dā) / दत्त-

• पित्र्यम्: ancestral, pertaining to the Fathers
• पित्र्यम्: विशेषण (qualifier of दत्तम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ- → पित्र्य- (patronymic/adj)

• आयनेन: by the path/way (course)
• आयनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयन-

• अबन्धु: friendless; without kin/support
• अबन्धु: Kartā (as descriptor of ‘one’ implied)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अ- + बन्धु-

• एके: some (others)
• एके: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक-

• ददतः: giving
• ददतः: Kartā (participial, ‘giving’)
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √दा (dā)

• प्रयच्छन्तः: bestowing, handing over
• प्रयच्छन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: प्र + √यम् (yam) → प्रयच्छ- (present stem)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: √दा (dā)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (conditional particle)
• Root: चेत्

• शिक्षान्त्सः: (he) desiring/trying to learn; seeking instruction
• शिक्षान्त्सः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √शिक्ष् (śikṣ) / शिक्षन्त्-

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (demonstrative pronoun)

• स्वर्गः: heaven; the heavenly world
• स्वर्गः: Kartā (predicate-nominative with एव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Pitṛs (Fathers) and the principle of dāna leading to svarga

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like prose-verse blend (requires full hymn scansion)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta