Atharva Veda 15.13.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 8

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये पुण्या॑नां॒ पुण्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.8

IAST Transliteration

yé́ púṇyānā́ṁ púṇyā́ lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What worlds are the meritorious among the meritorious—those, even those, by that he verily secures.

Translation

ये पुण्यानां मध्ये पुण्याः लोकाः सन्ति, तान् एव तेन नूनम् अवरुन्द्धे (सुरक्षयति च)।

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• पुण्यानाम्: of the meritorious / of the virtuous
• पुण्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुण्याः: meritorious, holy
• पुण्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (of ‘लोकाः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: — (emphasis/avadhāraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; (as prefix) ‘down/away, firmly’
• अव: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• रुन्द्धे: he restrains / shuts in / confines
• रुन्द्धे: Kriyā (predicate); Kartā = (implicit) ‘सः/एषः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (रुन्ध्) — ‘to obstruct, restrain, shut in’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya cycle)

Devata: Puṇya-lokas (highest merit-realms)

Chandas: Ritual-prose style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta