Atharva Veda 18.2.16: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तप॑सा॒ ये अ॑नाधृ॒ष्यास्तप॑सा॒ ये स्वऽर्य॒युः । तपो॒ ये च॑क्रि॒रे मह॒स्तांश्चि॑दे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.2.16

IAST Transliteration

tápasā yé anādhṛṣyās tápasā yé svàr-yayúḥ | tápo yé cakriré mahás tā́ṁś cid evā́pi gacchatāt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By tapas, who are unassailable; by tapas, who have gone to the sky-world; who by tapas have wrought greatness—unto those, even unto them also, may he go.

Translation

തപസ്സാൽ ആരെല്ലാം അനാധൃഷ്യ (അജേയ)രായിരിക്കുന്നുവോ; തപസ്സാൽ സ്വർ-ലോകത്തിലേക്കു പോയവരോ; തപസ്സാൽ മഹത്ത്വം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചവരോ—അവരിലേക്കും, അതെ അവരിലേക്കും അവൻ എത്തട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• तपसा: by/with austerity, by tapas
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनाधृष्याः: unassailable, not to be overpowered
• अनाधृष्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाधृष्य (प्रातिपदिक; न-आ-धृष् ‘to dare/assail’ से निष्पन्न विशेषण)

• तपसा: by/with austerity
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• स्वर्ययुः: went to heaven (attained the heavenly world)
• स्वर्ययुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वर् + या (धातु ‘या’ गत्यर्थः; ‘स्वर्’ = स्वर्ग/स्वर्लोक)

• तपः: austerity, tapas
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चक्रिरे: performed, did
• चक्रिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; ‘to do/make’)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चिद्: even
• चिद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिद् (निपात/अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात/अव्यय)

• अपि: also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात/अव्यय)

• गच्छतात्: let (him/it) go/attain
• गच्छतात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु; ‘to go’)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 18 funerary corpus (variable by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Tapas (as power) and the tapas-possessing Fathers; implicit governance by Yama.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta