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Atharva Veda 6.84.4: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 84, Mantra 4

Sukta 84

अ॒य॒स्मये॑ द्रुप॒दे बे॑धिष इ॒हाभिहि॑तो मृ॒त्युभि॒र्ये स॒हस्र॑म्। य॒मेन॒ त्वं पि॒तृभिः॑ संविदा॒न उ॑त्त॒मं नाक॒मधि॑ रोहये॒मम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.84.4

ayasmáye drupadé bédhiṣe ihā́bhi-hitó mṛtyúbhir yé sahásram | yaména tváṃ pitṛ́bhiḥ saṃ-vidāná uttamáṃ nā́kam ádhi rohaye mám

In iron, in the wooden stock, thou liest pierced; here pressed down by deaths a thousand-fold. With Yama, in accord with the Fathers, lead thou this man upward to the highest heaven.

ఇనుములో, చెక్క ద్రుపదంలో నీవు బేధింపబడి పడి ఉన్నావు; ఇక్కడ సహస్రగుణ మరణబలాలచే నొక్కబడినవాడవు. యమునితో, పితృగణాలతో సంవిదానమై, ఈ మనిషిని పైకి—ఉత్తమమైన నాకం (స్వర్గం) వైపు ఎక్కించు.

अयस्मयेto/for the iron-made (object)
अयस्मये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअयस्म (प्रातिपदिक) < अयस् + मयट्
द्रुपदेO Drupada (name)
द्रुपदे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुपद (प्रातिपदिक)
बेधिषेyou have pierced/struck
बेधिषे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√बिध् (भिदिर्/बिध्) ‘to pierce, strike’
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अभिहितःappointed/assigned; named
अभिहितः:
कर्ता (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Rootअभि-√धा (धा/धि) ‘to place, appoint; to name’
मृत्युभिःby/with deaths (death-powers)
मृत्युभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यमेनwith Yama
यमेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितृभिःwith the Fathers/ancestors
पितृभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
संविदानःbeing in accord/meeting together
संविदानः:
कर्ता (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Rootसम्-√विद् ‘to meet, agree, be in accord’
उत्तमम्highest
उत्तमम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
नाकम्heaven, celestial world
नाकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनाक (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, up to
अधि:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / postposition
Rootअधि
रोहयेमम्may we cause (him) to ascend / let us raise
रोहयेमम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् ‘to ascend’ (causative: रोहय-)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Yama; Pitṛs; Mṛtyu (as adversarial plurality)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (expanded operative diction)

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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