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Atharva Veda 18.3.65: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 65

Sukta 3

प्र के॒तुना॑ बृह॒ता भा॑त्य॒ग्निरा रोद॑सी वृष॒भो रो॑रवीति । दि॒वश्चि॒दन्ता॑दुप॒मामुदा॑नड॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ महि॒षो व॑वर्ध

prá ketúnā bṛhatā́ bhāty agnír ā́ rodasī vṛ́ṣabho róravīti | diváś cid ántād upamā́m udānaḍ apā́m upásthe mahiṣó vavardha

Forth with his mighty ensign shines Agni; the Bull roars unto both the worlds. From heaven’s very limit unto the nearer bound he surged aloft; in the lap of waters the mighty one hath waxed.

മഹത്തായ കേതു (ധ്വജം/ചിഹ്നം) സഹിതം അഗ്നി പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നു; വൃഷഭനായി അവൻ ഇരുലോകങ്ങളോടും—ദിവും പൃഥ്വിയും—ഗർജിക്കുന്നു. സ്വർഗത്തിന്റെ അറ്റത്തിൽ നിന്നു സമീപപരിധിവരെ അവൻ ഉയർന്നു പാഞ്ഞുയർന്നു; ജലങ്ങളുടെ ഉപസ്ഥത്തിൽ മഹിഷൻ (മഹാൻ) വളർന്നു.

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
केतुनाwith (his) banner/radiance
केतुना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु
बृहताwith the great (one)
बृहता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत्
भातिshines
भाति:
TypeVerb
Rootभा
अग्निःAgni, fire
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
unto, towards; all around
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी
वृषभःbull (mighty one)
वृषभः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ
रोरवीतिroars, resounds
रोरवीति:
TypeVerb
Rootरु
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः
चित्even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
अन्तात्from the end/boundary
अन्तात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
उपमाम्a likeness/measure; comparison
उपमाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपमा
उदानट्he breathed/rose up; he surged
उदानट्:
TypeVerb
Rootअन् (प्राणने/गत्यर्थे)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
उपस्थेin the lap/seat
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ
महिषःbuffalo; mighty one
महिषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष
ववर्धhas grown; increased
ववर्ध:
TypeVerb
Rootवृध्

Rishi: Ātharvaṇa funerary tradition (collective).

Devata: Agni.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (11-syllable cadence typical of cosmic praise).

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira

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