Atharva Veda 15.3.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 6

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋचः॒ प्राञ्च॒स्तन्त॑वो॒ यजूं॑षि ति॒र्यञ्चः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.3.6

IAST Transliteration

ṛ́caḥ prā́ñcas tántavo yájūṃṣi tiryáñcaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Ṛc-verses are the forward-running threads; the Yajus-formulas are the crosswise.

Translation

ഋചഃ (ഋഗ്വേദീയ ഋചകൾ) മുന്നോട്ടോടുന്ന നൂല്തന്തുക്കളാണ്; യജൂംഷി (യജുര്‍വേദീയ യജുസ്-സൂത്രങ്ങൾ) അಡ್ಡ (തിരശ്ചീന) തന്തുക്കളാണ്.

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Word by Word

• ऋचः: the Ṛc-verses (Rigvedic hymns)
• ऋचः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: ऋच्/ऋचा-)

• प्राञ्चः: facing forward; oriented eastward/forward
• प्राञ्चः: विशेषण (ऋचः इत्यस्य) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; < प्र + अञ्च् ‘to go/turn’)

• तन्तवः: threads; strands (warp-threads)
• तन्तवः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजूंषि: Yajus-formulas (Yajurvedic sacrificial formulas)
• यजूंषि: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-विषय) / कर्म (सन्दर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिर्यञ्चः: going crosswise; transverse; sideways
• तिर्यञ्चः: विशेषण (यजूंषि/तन्तवः इत्यादि समुच्चयस्य) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; < तिर्यक्/तिरस् + अञ्च्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition.

Devata: Brahman (sacred speech) / Vāc implicitly.

Chandas: Concise, aphoristic; not strictly metrical in RV sense.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta