Atharva Veda 9.5.6 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 6

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् क्रा॒मातः॒ परि॒ चेदत॑प्तस्त॒प्ताच्च॒रोरधि॒ नाकं॑ तृ॒तीय॑म्। अ॒ग्नेर॒ग्निरधि॒ सं ब॑भूविथ॒ ज्योति॑ष्मन्तम॒भि लो॒कं ज॑यै॒तम्

IAST Transliteration

út krāmátaḥ pári céd átaptaḥ taptā́c ca carór ádhi nā́kaṃ tṛtī́yam | agné r agnír ádhi sáṃ babhūvitha jyótiṣmantam abhí lókaṃ jayáitam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth from the stepping onward—if he be not ill-baked—(yea) from the well-heated, and from the cooked oblation, mount ye to the third heaven. Upon Agni hath Fire firmly come to be: win ye this luminous world for your portion.

Translation

മുന്നോട്ട് കാൽവെയ്പ്പിൽ നിന്ന് (ഉത്ക്രാമാതഃ)—അത് അർദ്ധപാകം/അപക്വം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ—നന്നായി തപിച്ചും പാകം ചെയ്തും ഉള്ള ചരു (ചരോഃ) അർപ്പണത്തിൽ നിന്ന്, മൂന്നാം സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് (നാകം തൃതീയം) ഉയരുക. അഗ്നിയിന്മേൽ അഗ്നി ദൃഢമായി സ്ഥാപിതമായിരിക്കുന്നു; ജ്യോതിസ്സുള്ള ലോകം ജയിക്കുവിൻ—അത് നിങ്ങളുടെ വിഹിതമാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-

• क्रामातः: you two step forth / stride up
• क्रामातः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)

• परि: around, all about
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) / pari-

• चेत्: perceive, take heed
• चेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिद् (धातु) / चित्

• अतप्तः: unheated, unscorched; untroubled
• अतप्तः: Kartā (विशेष्यस्य) / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त) + अ- (निषेध)

• तप्तात्: from the heated (state/thing)
• तप्तात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चरोः: of the caru (sacrificial porridge)
• चरोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / adhi

• नाकम्: heaven, the celestial realm
• नाकम्: Karma (गमन/प्राप्त्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma (with नाकम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (अव्यय) / adhi

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / sam-

• बभूविथ: you have become / you became
• बभूविथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ज्योतिष्मन्तम्: luminous, full of light
• ज्योतिष्मन्तम्: Karma (with लोकम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्योतिष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / abhi

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (गमन/जय-प्राप्त्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• जयैतम्: conquer, win
• जयैतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sūkta attributed in later indices to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.5).

Devata: Agni; also the ‘luminous world’ (jyotiṣmat-loka) as goal-deity.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent; AV often shows mixed/irregular triṣṭubh in such svargya passages).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta