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Atharva Veda 9.7.3: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 7

वि॒द्युज्जि॒ह्वा म॒रुतो॒ दन्ता॑ रे॒वति॑र्ग्री॒वाः कृत्ति॑का स्क॒न्धा घ॒र्मो वहः॑

vidyúj jihvā́ marúto dántā revátīr grīvā́ḥ kṛ́ttikā skandhā́ gharmó váhaḥ

Lightning is the tongue; the Maruts are the teeth; the Revatis are the necks; the Kṛttikās the shoulders; heat is the back that bears.

విద్యుత్ నాలుక; మరుతులు పళ్లు; రేవతులు (నక్షత్ర-దేవతలు) మెడలు; కృత్తికలు (నక్షత్ర-దేవతలు) భుజాలు; ‘ఘర్మ’ (తాపం) భారాన్ని మోయు వెన్ను.

विद्युत्-जिह्वाःhaving lightning as their tongues
विद्युत्-जिह्वाः:
Kartā (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः; ‘मरुतः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (बहुव्रीहि-समास/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
Rootविद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक) + जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
दन्ताः(their) teeth
दन्ताः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः; पूर्वपदानां विशेषण/उपाधि)
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
रेवतीःthe Revatīs (lunar mansion/asterism)
रेवतीः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun (नक्षत्रनाम)
Rootरेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
ग्रीवाःnecks
ग्रीवाः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्तिकाःthe Kṛttikās (Pleiades; lunar mansion)
कृत्तिकाः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun (नक्षत्रनाम)
Rootकृत्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
स्कन्धाःshoulders
स्कन्धाः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
घर्मःheat; the hot (soma-)offering
घर्मः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun
Rootघर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
वहःcarrying; bearer/vehicle (that which carries)
वहः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरण-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun
Rootवह (धातु; वहति ‘to carry’) → वहस्/वहः (प्रातिपदिक, नपुंसक/पुं. प्रयोगः)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Meteorological and astral powers as limb-guardians (Vidyut, Maruts, Revati, Kṛttikā, Gharma)

Chandas: Catalogic/ritual style (meter secondary to enumeration)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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