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Atharva Veda 9.6.10: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 10

Sukta 6

यत् क॑शिपूपबर्ह॒णमा॒हर॑न्ति परि॒धय॑ ए॒व ते

yát káśipu-upabarháṇam āháranti paridháya evá té

What seat-cushion they bring—these, in very truth, are the Paridhis.

వారు తెచ్చే ఆసన-దిండు (కశిపూ-పూప-బర్హణం)—అవే, నిశ్చయంగా, పరిధులు (పరిధయః) అవుతాయి.

यत्which; that (relative)
यत्:
सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative) / कर्म (अर्थतः ‘यत्’ = ‘यम्/यद्’ वस्तु)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत्-शब्द
कशिपूपबर्हणम्a couch/bed with a cake-like cushion and a covering (ritual bedding)
कशिपूपबर्हणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकशि-पूप-बर्हण (समास-प्रातिपदिकम्)
आहरन्तिthey bring; they carry in
आहरन्ति:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (हरति) उपसर्गः आ-
परिधयःthe enclosing sticks/bars; the surrounding pieces (ritual enclosure)
परिधयः:
कर्तā
TypeNoun
Rootपरिधि (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा परि-√धा (कृदन्त-आधारः) → परिधि-शब्द
एवindeed; just; precisely
एव:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).

Devata: Paridhi/boundary principle (ritual protection).

Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.

Primary: shanta

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