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Atharva Veda 4.14.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 1

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वर्ज्योतिः प्राप्तिः। अ॒जो ह्य॑१ग्नेरज॑निष्ट॒ शोका॒त् सो अ॑पश्यज्जनि॒तार॒मग्रे॑ । तेन॑ दे॒वा दे॒वता॒मग्रा॑ आय॒न् तेन॒ रोहा॑न् रुरुहु॒र्मेध्या॑सः

IAST Transliteration

svàrjyótiḥ prā́ptiḥ | ajó hí agnér ajániṣṭa śókāt sá apaśyaj janitā́ram ágre | téna devā́ devátām ágrā ā́yan téna rohā́n ruruhuḥ médhyāsaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Attainment of the light of heaven. For the Unborn was born from Agni’s burning heat; he beheld the Begetter in the beginning. Thereby the Gods first attained to godhead; thereby the consecrated climbed the ascents.

Translation

Alcançar a luz do céu. Pois o Não-Nascido nasceu do ardor abrasador de Agni; no princípio viu o Gerador. Por isso os deuses alcançaram primeiro a divindade; por isso os consagrados subiram as ascensões, aptos para o rito.

Word by Word
स्वर्ज्योतिःheavenly light
स्वर्ज्योतिः:
Kartā (वाक्य-प्रस्ताव/शीर्षक-रूपेण) अथवा विशेष्य
TypeNoun (समास) / Adjective-like epithet
Rootस्वर्-ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राप्तिःattainment
प्राप्तिः:
Kartā (शीर्षक-रूपेण) अथवा विधेय
TypeNoun (भाववाचक)
Rootप्राप्ति (√आप् ‘to obtain’ + क्तिन्)
अजःthe Unborn (one)
अजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed / for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनिष्टwas born / arose
अजनिष्ट:
क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्ता: अजः
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनि) ‘to be born, arise’
शोकात्from grief
शोकात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपश्यत्saw
अपश्यत्:
क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्ता: सः
TypeVerb
Root√पश् ‘to see’
जनितारम्the begetter / creator
जनितारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (कर्तृवाचक)
Rootजनितृ (√जन् + तृच्; प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेin the beginning / at first
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/देश-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial noun-form) / Noun
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनby that / by him
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवताम्divinity / the state of being a god
देवताम्:
Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य) अथवा कर्म-प्रवृत्ति
TypeNoun (भाव/समूह/पद)
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्राःforemost / first
अग्राः:
Kartā (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा विधेय
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आयन्went / came
आयन्:
क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्ता: देवाः
TypeVerb
Root√इ ‘to go’ (उपसर्ग: आ-)
तेनby that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोहान्ascents / growths / heights
रोहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोह (प्रातिपदिक) / √रुह् ‘to grow, ascend’ (सम्बद्ध)
रुरुहुःthey climbed / grew up
रुरुहुः:
क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्ता: मेध्यासः
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् ‘to grow, mount’
मेध्यासःthe pure / fit-for-sacrifice (ones)
मेध्यासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized) / Noun
Rootमेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attributions vary)

Devata: Agni / Svargajyotis (heavenly light) / cosmogonic principle (Aja, Janitṛ)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (prose-like opening with metrical continuation; often treated as non-standard in Atharvanic cosmological passages)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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