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Atharva Veda 9.5.16: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 16

Sukta 5

अ॒जो॒३स्यज॑ स्वर्गोऽसि॒ त्वया॑ लो॒कमङ्गि॑रसः॒ प्राजा॑नन्। तं लो॒कं पुण्यं॒ प्र ज्ञे॑षम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.5.16

ajó́ ’syáj(a) svargó ’si tváyā lokám áṅgirasaḥ prá ajā́nan | táṃ lokáṃ púṇyaṃ prá jñéṣam ||

O Aja, thou art heavenward; by thee the Angirases came to know the World. That holy World—may I win it, may I apprehend it forth.

Wahai Aja, engkau menuju ke syurga; dengan perantaraanmu para Angirasa mengenal Alam. Alam yang suci itu—moga aku memperolehnya, moga aku memahaminya dengan nyata.

अजःthe Unborn / the goat (as a ritual epithet)
अजः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/वाक्य-विषयः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक) / अजा (न) ‘अज/बकरा’ (निघण्टु-परम्परा) अथवा ‘अज’ = ‘अजन्मा/अज’ (विशेषण)
असिyou are
असि:
(अस्ति-क्रिया; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
स्वर्गःheaven; the heavenly world
स्वर्गः:
(समास-प्रत्ययार्थे विधेय-नाम; ‘असि’ का पूरक)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(अस्ति-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
त्वयाby you; through you
त्वया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
लोकम्world; realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गिरसःthe Aṅgirases (seers/priests of the Aṅgiras lineage)
अङ्गिरसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/tribal name)
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राजानन्they knew; they recognized
प्राजानन्:
(मुख्य-क्रिया; कर्ता = अङ्गिरसः)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
तम्that
तम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
लोकम्world; realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
पुण्यम्holy; meritorious; auspicious
पुण्यम्:
(कर्म-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth; forward; fully
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ज्ञेषम्may I know; may I realize
ज्ञेषम्:
(वक्ता-कर्तृक-इच्छा-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic tradition (hymn associates efficacy with the Angirases)

Devata: Aja (as cosmic/sacrificial agent) and Agni (as conveyor, implicit)

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in the pādas (edition-dependent)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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