Atharva Veda 9.6.10 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 10

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् क॑शिपूपबर्ह॒णमा॒हर॑न्ति परि॒धय॑ ए॒व ते

IAST Transliteration

yát káśipu-upabarháṇam āháranti paridháya evá té

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What seat-cushion they bring—these, in very truth, are the Paridhis.

Translation

അവർ കൊണ്ടുവരുന്ന ഇരിപ്പുകുഷൻ (കശിപു)—അതുതന്നെ സത്യമായി പരിധികൾ (യജ്ഞവേദിയുടെ ചുറ്റുമുള്ള മരക്കഷണങ്ങൾ) ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यत्: which; that (relative)
• यत्: सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative) / कर्म (अर्थतः ‘यत्’ = ‘यम्/यद्’ वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत्-शब्द

• कशिपूपबर्हणम्: a couch/bed with a cake-like cushion and a covering (ritual bedding)
• कशिपूपबर्हणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कशि-पूप-बर्हण (समास-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• आहरन्ति: they bring; they carry in
• आहरन्ति: क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरति) उपसर्गः आ-

• परिधयः: the enclosing sticks/bars; the surrounding pieces (ritual enclosure)
• परिधयः: कर्तā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा परि-√धा (कृदन्त-आधारः) → परिधि-शब्द

• एव: indeed; just; precisely
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).

Devata: Paridhi/boundary principle (ritual protection).

Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta