Atharva Veda 9.3.21: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 21

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या द्विप॑क्षा॒ चतु॑ष्पक्षा॒ षट् प॑क्षा॒ या नि॑मी॒यते॑ । अ॒ष्टाप॑क्षां॒ दश॑पक्षां॒ शालां॒ मान॑स्य॒ पत्नी॑म॒ग्निर्गर्भ॑ इ॒वा श॑ये

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 9.3.21

IAST Transliteration

yā dvípakṣā́ catúṣpakṣā́ ṣáṭpakṣā́ yā nimīyáte | aṣṭā́pakṣāṃ dáśapakṣāṃ śā́lāṃ mā́nasyá pátnīm agnír gárbha ivā́ śáye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She that is two-flanked, four-flanked, six-flanked—she that is duly measured out; the Hall of eight flanks, of ten flanks, Māna’s spouse—within her Agni, like an embryo, lieth at rest.

Translation

രണ്ടു പാർശ്വമുള്ളവൾ, നാലു പാർശ്വമുള്ളവൾ, ആറു പാർശ്വമുള്ളവൾ—വിധിപൂർവ്വം അളന്നു നിർമ്മിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൾ; എട്ടു പാർശ്വങ്ങളുള്ള, പത്തു പാർശ്വങ്ങളുള്ള ശാല—മാന (അളവ്)ത്തിന്റെ ഭാര്യ—അതിനുള്ളിൽ അഗ്നി ഗർഭംപോലെ ശയിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• या: she/which (fem.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विपक्षा: two-winged / having two sides
• द्विपक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चतुष्पक्षा: four-winged / having four sides
• चतुष्पक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• षट्पक्षा: six-winged / having six sides
• षट्पक्षा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: she/which (fem.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निमी॒यते: is measured out / is laid out (by measure)
• निमी॒यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ) उपसर्ग: नि-

• अष्टापक्षाम्: eight-winged / having eight sides (as object)
• अष्टापक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दशपक्षाम्: ten-winged / having ten sides (as object)
• दशपक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• शालाम्: hall, house, shed
• शालाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

• मानस्य: of the mind; mental
• मानस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्नीम्: wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भः: embryo, womb, inner core
• गर्भः: Kartā (of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शये: lies, rests
• शये: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शी (शेते)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house-consecration corpus; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Agni (indwelling household fire) and Śālā personified

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta