Atharva Veda 9.5.22: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 22

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अप॑रिमितमे॒व य॒ज्ञमा॒प्नोत्यप॑रिमितं लो॒कमव॑ रुन्धे । यो॒३ऽजं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑णाज्योतिषं॒ ददा॑ति

IAST Transliteration

aparimitam evá yajñám āpnoty aparimitaṃ lokám áva rundhe | yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanaṃ dákṣiṇā-jyotiṣaṃ dádāti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Immeasured, verily, a Sacrifice he gaineth; an immeasured world he fasteneth for himself—whoso giveth the Goat with the Fivefold Porridge, made radiant with the priestly Fee.

Translation

अपरिमितमेव यज्ञमाप्नोति; अपरिमितं लोकमव रुन्धे। योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति।

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Word by Word

• अपरिमितम्: unmeasured, limitless
• अपरिमितम्: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिक; √मा ‘माने/मितौ’ से ‘मित’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आप्नोति: attains, reaches
• आप्नोति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (आप्नोति) ‘प्राप्तौ’

• अपरिमितम्: limitless
• अपरिमितम्: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिक; √मा)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; (with verb) firmly/securely
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Upasarga
• Root: अव

• रुन्धे: secures, shuts in, obtains/establishes (for oneself)
• रुन्धे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (रुन्धते) ‘आवरणे/निरोधे’

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अजम्: a goat
• अजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चौदनम्: ‘five-odana’ offering (a rice/gruel oblation of five portions/kinds)
• पञ्चौदनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पञ्च-ओदन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणा- ज्योतिषम्: having ‘dakṣiṇā’ as its light/splendour; accompanied by the priestly fee
• दक्षिणा- ज्योतिषम्: कर्म (विशेषण/अपादेय-वस्तु)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: दक्षिणा-ज्योतिस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (ददाति) ‘दाने’

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous Atharvanic ritual unit

Devata: Yajña-phala (sacrificial reward) / Loka (realm) as goal-concepts

Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like rhythmic prose with pāda division

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta