Atharva Veda 9.7.6: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 6

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दे॒वानां॒ पत्नीः॑ पृ॒ष्टय॑ उप॒सदः॒ पर्श॑वः

IAST Transliteration

devā́nāṃ pátnīḥ pṛṣṭáya úpasadaḥ párśavaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Consorts of the Gods are the back-parts; the Upasads are the flanks; the ribs are their enclosing stays.

Translation

ദേവന്മാരുടെ പത്നിമാർ പിൻഭാഗങ്ങൾ ആകുന്നു; ഉപസദ് (Upasad)കൾ വശങ്ങൾ ആകുന്നു; വാരിയെല്ലുകൾ അവരെ ചുറ്റി നിർത്തുന്ന താങ്ങുകളാകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्नीः: wives (consorts)
• पत्नीः: कर्तृ (as nominative subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृष्टयः: ribs / backs (side-parts)
• पृष्टयः: कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसदः: attendances; sessions of worship / approaches
• उपसदः: कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसद् (प्रातिपदिक; from उप-√सद् ‘to sit/attend’)

• पर्शवः: ribs / sides (flanks)
• पर्शवः: कर्तृ (nominative, in apposition/list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्शु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 9.7; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material)

Devata: Deities as bodily correspondences (collective devatā-nyāsa)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (identificatory prose-like pādas; often treated as anustubh-adjacent in later catalogues)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta