Atharva Veda 13.2.17: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 17

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अप॒ त्ये ता॒यवो॑ यथा॒ नक्ष॑त्रा यन्त्य॒क्तुभिः॑ । सूरा॑य वि॒श्वच॑क्षसे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.17

IAST Transliteration

ápa tyé tāyávo yáthā nákṣatrā yánty aktúbhiḥ | sū́rāya viśvá-cakṣase ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Away—like yonder thieves—as the stars depart with the nights: (away) for Sūrya, the All-seeing.

Translation

अप गच्छत—अमी तायव इव—यथा नक्षत्राणि अक्तुभिः (रात्रिभिः) यान्ति; सर्वचक्षुषे सूर्याय (अप गच्छत)।

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Word by Word

• अप: away; forth (as a preverb/intensifier)
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (avyaya-prātipadika)

• त्ये: those (they)
• त्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• तायवः: thieves; robbers
• तायवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तायु (prātipadika)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• नक्षत्राणि: stars; constellations
• नक्षत्राणि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (prātipadika)

• यन्ति: go; move
• यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• अक्तुभिः: with nights; by night-times (darkness)
• अक्तुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (prātipadika)

• सूराय: to the Sun
• सूराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर (prātipadika)

• विश्वचक्षसे: to the all-seeing one
• विश्वचक्षसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: विश्व-चक्षस् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya compound)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Sūrya-cycle of AV 13; seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Sūrya (Viśvacakṣas, the All-seeing Sun)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara