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.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (nipāta)
अपरिमिताःunmeasured, limitless
अपरिमिताः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिकम्; √मा ‘माने/मितौ’ → ‘मित’), उपसर्गः परि, नञ्-प्रत्ययः अ-
पुण्याःholy, meritorious
पुण्याः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
लोकाःworlds, realms
लोकाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिकम्)
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (nipāta)
तेनby that, with that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अवdown, completely (preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga/nipāta)
रुन्द्धे(he) blocks, restrains, shuts off
रुन्द्धे:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
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
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