Atharva Veda 2.9.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दे॒वास्ते॑ ची॒तिम॑विदन् ब्र॒ह्माण॑ उ॒त वी॒रुधः॑ । ची॒तिं ते॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अवि॑द॒न् भूम्या॒मधि॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.9.4

IAST Transliteration

devā́s te cītím avidan brahmā́ṇa uta vīrúdhaḥ | cītíṃ te víśve devā́ avidan bhū́myā́m ádhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Gods discovered for thee thy gathered store of power; the Brahmans too, and the Plants. Thy gathered store of power—all the Gods discovered it, upon the Earth.

Translation

Para Dewa menemukan bagimu himpunan simpanan daya; para Brahmana juga, dan Tumbuhan-tumbuhan (vīrudh). Himpunan simpanan dayamu—semua Dewa menemuinya, di atas Bumi.

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Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: those
• ते: कर्तृ (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषण/अन्वय)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चीतिम्: the funeral-pile; the piled-up (fire/altar)
• चीतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिति (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• अविदन्: found; came to know
• अविदन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने/लाभे’

• ब्रह्माणः: the Brahmans; the sacred-speakers
• ब्रह्माणः: कर्तृ (अविदन् इत्यस्य सहकर्तृ/समुच्चितकर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (नपुं/पुं; अत्र पुं-प्रातिपदिक ‘ब्रह्मा/ब्राह्मण/ब्रह्मविद्’)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• वीरुधः: the plants; herbs
• वीरुधः: कर्तृ (समुच्चितकर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• चीतिम्: the funeral-pile; the piled-up (fire/altar)
• चीतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिति (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविदन्: found; came to know
• अविदन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने/लाभे’

• भूम्याम्: on/in the earth
• भूम्याम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: अधिकरण (स्थानीय-सम्बन्ध सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvanic healing speech)

Devata: Vīrudh (Plants) and Devāḥ (the Gods collectively); Bhūmi as implicit source-deity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor metrical looseness)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta