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Atharva Veda 18.3.35: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 35

Sukta 3

ऊ॒र्ध्वायां॑ त्वा दि॒शि पु॒रा सं॒वृतः॑ स्व॒धाया॒मा द॑धामि बाहु॒च्युता॑ पृथि॒वी द्यामि॑वो॒परि॑ । लो॒क॒कृतः॑ पथि॒कृतो॑ यजामहे॒ ये दे॒वानां॑ हु॒तभा॑गा इ॒ह स्थ

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.3.35

ūrdhvā́yāṁ tvā diśí purā́ saṁvṛtáḥ svadhā́yā́m ā́ dadhāmi bāhucyútā pṛthivī́ dyā́m-iva úpari | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṁ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

In the upward quarter, as erst was done, enclosed in Svadhā, I set thee—released from mortal arms—upon the Earth, as though aloft like Heaven. We worship the World-fashioners, the Path-fashioners, who have their portion in the gods’ oblations: be ye here present.

ఊర్ధ్వ దిశలో—మునుపటిలాగే—స్వధా (svadhā) లో ఆవరించబడి, నేను నిన్ను స్థాపిస్తున్నాను; మానవ బాహువుల నుండి విడిపడి, భూమిపై—ఆకాశంలా పైకి ఉన్నట్లు—నేను నిన్ను ఉంచుతున్నాను. లోకకర్తలు, పథకర్తలు అయిన దేవులను మేము యజిస్తున్నాము; దేవుల ఆహుతుల్లో భాగం కలవారు వారు—ఇక్కడే సన్నిధి చేయుదురు.

ऊर्ध्वायाम्in the upper (direction)
ऊर्ध्वायाम्:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिशिin the direction
दिशि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
संवृतःenclosed, covered
संवृतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) / संवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधायाम्in/with svadhā (ancestral oblation-power)
स्वधायाम्:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
unto, toward
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दधामिI place, I set
दधामि:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे)
बाहुच्युताःfallen from the arms (i.e., slipping away)
बाहुच्युताः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबाहु-च्युत (समास; च्युत < √च्यु (च्यवने))
पृथिवीthe Earth
पृथिवी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
द्याम्the heaven, sky
द्याम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
उपरिabove
उपरि:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि (अव्यय)
लोककृतःworld-makers, creators of the world
लोककृतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootलोक-कृत् (समास; कृत् < √कृ (करणे))
पथिकृतःpath-makers, makers of the path
पथिकृतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपथि-कृत् (समास; कृत् < √कृ (करणे))
यजामहेwe worship, we sacrifice
यजामहे:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानेषु)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
हुतभागाःhaving a share in the oblation; oblation-partakers
हुतभागाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहुत-भाग (समास; हुत < √हु (जुहोत्यादि, होमने); भाग < भाग (प्रातिपदिक))
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
स्थyou (pl.) stand/are present
स्थ:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति)

Rishi: Antyeṣṭi/Pitṛmedha Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Pitṛ-associated ‘world- and path-makers’

Chandas: Mixed; cadence comparable to the adjacent verse (edition-dependent)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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