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Atharva Veda 1.13.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

प्रव॑तो नपा॒न्नम॑ ए॒वास्तु॒ तुभ्यं॒ नम॑स्ते हे॒तये॒ तपु॑षे च कृण्मः । वि॒द्म ते॒ धाम॑ पर॒मं गुहा॒ यत् स॑मु॒द्रे अ॒न्तर्नि॑हि॑तासि॒ नाभिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.13.3

právato napā́n náma evā́stu túbhyaṃ námas te hetáye tápúṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | vidmá te dhā́ma paramáṃ guhā́ yát samudré antár nihitā́si nā́bhiḥ ||

From the descents, O Offspring, let homage be—yea, homage—unto thee. Homage we make to thy missile and to thy burning heat. We know thy highest station, that which is in the secret place: within the ocean thou art laid away, the navel (central hub).

ಓ ನಪಾತ್ (ಸಂತಾನವೇ), ಇಳಿಜಾರಿನಿಂದಲೂ ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ—ಹೌದು, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರವಾಗಲಿ. ನಿನ್ನ ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ/ಶಸ್ತ್ರ (ಹೇತಿ) ಮತ್ತು ನಿನ್ನ ದಹಿಸುವ ತಾಪಶಕ್ತಿಗೆ ನಾವು ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ನಿನ್ನ ಪರಮ ಧಾಮವನ್ನು ನಾವು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದೇವೆ—ಅದು ಗುಹ್ಯಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದೆ; ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಒಳಗೆ ನೀನು ನಾಭಿಯಂತೆ (ಕೇಂದ್ರವಾಗಿ) ನಿಹಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದೀಯ.

प्रवतःfrom the slope/stream (down-flow)
प्रवतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootप्रवत् (प्र + वत्) / प्रवत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नपात्O offspring/descendant (epithet)
नपात्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनपात्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नमःobeisance, salutation
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हेतयेto the impeller/cause (as a power)
हेतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु- (प्रातिपदिक)
तपुषेto the heat/ardor (tapas)
तपुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootतपु- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
कृण्मःwe make/do
कृण्मः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धामabode, seat, splendor
धाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
परमम्highest, supreme
परमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम- (प्रातिपदिक)
गुहायाम्in the cave/hidden place
गुहायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा- (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्रेin the ocean
समुद्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin
अन्तः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
निहितासिyou are placed/hidden
निहितासि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनि + धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त)
नाभिःnavel; central hub/source
नाभिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि- (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Āṅgirasa milieu for such propitiatory verses)

Devata: A fiery, hidden ‘Offspring’ power (often interpreted in the wider Vedic idiom as a form of Agni/Apām Napāt-like potency), together with its personified ‘missile’ and ‘heat’

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical classification may vary by pada division in different recensions)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara

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