Atharva Veda 7.14.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 2

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒र्ध्वा यस्या॒मति॒र्भा अदि॑द्युत॒त् सवी॑मनि । हिर॑ण्यपाणिरमिमीत सु॒क्रतुः॑ कृ॒पात् स्वः

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvā́ yásyā́matiḥ bhā́ ádidyutat savī́mani | híraṇyapāṇir amimīta sukrátuḥ kṛpā́t svàḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upright is his prompting; his light hath flashed forth in the act of instigation. The golden-handed, of good resolve, in grace hath measured out the heaven.

Translation

ऊर्ध्वा यस्यामतिः; प्रेरणाकर्मणि तस्य भा अदिद्युतत्। हिरण्यपाणिः सुक्रतुः कृपया स्वः अमिमीत।

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Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वा: upright, raised
• ऊर्ध्वा: विशेषण (कर्तृपद-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of whom/whose’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मतिः: thought, intention, resolve
• मतिः: कर्तृ (of the clause ‘…अदिद्युतत्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् ‘to think’)

• भा: light, radiance
• भा: कर्तृ (co-ordinate with ‘मतिः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदिद्युतत्: shone forth, flashed
• अदिद्युतत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √द्युत् (दीप्तौ) with reduplication (intensive/iterative nuance)

• सवीमनि: in the course/impulse (of driving/setting in motion)
• सवीमनि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवीमन (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यपाणिः: the golden-handed (one)
• हिरण्यपाणिः: कर्तृ (of ‘अमिमीत’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यपाणि (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + पाणि ‘hand’)

• अमिमीत: measured out, apportioned
• अमिमीत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure’) with reduplication

• सुक्रतुः: of good resolve/power
• सुक्रतुः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘हिरण्यपाणिः’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; सु- ‘good’ + क्रतु ‘will, power, resolve’)

• कृपात्: from compassion, out of pity
• कृपात्: अपादान (source/cause: ‘from/through compassion’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven, the sky-world
• स्वः: कर्म (object of ‘अमिमीत’: ‘he measured out heaven’)
• Type: Noun/Indeclinable (Vedic)
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: As in 7.14 (Savitar hymn tradition; check anukramaṇī for exact name)

Devata: Savitar

Chandas: Mixed/long meter (not anuṣṭubh); confirm in critical edition

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta