Atharva Veda 8.9.2: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 2

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अक्र॑न्दयत् सलि॒लं म॑हि॒त्वा योनिं॑ कृ॒त्वा त्रि॒भुजं॒ शया॑नः । व॒त्सः का॑म॒दुघो॑ वि॒राजः॒ स गुहा॑ चक्रे त॒न्वःऽ परा॒चैः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.9.2

IAST Transliteration

yó ákrandayat saliláṃ mahitvā́ yóniṃ kṛtvā́ tribhújaṃ śáyānaḥ | vatsáḥ kāmadúgho virā́jaḥ sá guhā́ cakre tanvàḥ parācáiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, by his greatness, set the Waters sounding, having made a womb, lying in a three-cornered (form)—the calf of Virāj, the wish-milking—he made hidden places; he fashioned bodies in outward separation.

Translation

తన మహిమచేత జలాలను ధ్వనింపజేసినవాడు, యోని (గర్భస్థానం) నిర్మించి, త్రిభుజ రూపంలో శయనించినవాడు—విరాజ్‌ యొక్క ఆ దూడ, కామ-దుఘ (ఇష్టఫలాన్ని దోహించే), అతడు గుహ్య స్థానాలను సృష్టించాడు; దేహాలను బయటకు ముఖంగా వేరువేరుగా ఏర్పడేలా మలిచాడు.

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Word by Word

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

• अक्रन्दयत्: made (it) cry/roar; caused to resound
• अक्रन्दयत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द् (धातु) → क्रन्दयति (णिच्)

• सलिलम्: the water
• सलिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• महित्वा: by (his) greatness; through majesty
• महित्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: महिमन्/महत् (प्रातिपदिक) → महित्व (भाव)

• योनिम्: a womb; source; seat
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: —
• Type: Gerund
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• त्रिभुजम्: three-angled; triangular
• त्रिभुजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिभुज (प्रातिपदिक)

• शयानः: lying; reposing
• शयानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: शी (धातु) → शय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वत्सः: the calf
• वत्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामदुघः: wish-yielding; granting desires
• कामदुघः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामदुघ (प्रातिपदिक; काम + दुह्/दुघ ‘milking, yielding’)

• विराजः: of Virāj (the cosmic metre/brightness)
• विराजः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Proper noun
• Root: विराज् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गुहाः: caves; hidden places
• गुहाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रे: made; fashioned
• चक्रे: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• तन्वः: of the body; of (his) person
• तन्वः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराचैः: with (things) turned away; outward/backward
• पराचैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: पराच् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Virāj-speculative seer (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Virāj / Prajāpati-like cosmogonic agent (implicit)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (confirm by count).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta