Atharva Veda 10.2.32: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 32

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मि॑न् हिर॒ण्यये॒ कोशे॒ त्र्यऽरे॒ त्रिप्र॑तिष्ठिते । तस्मि॒न् यद् य॒क्षमा॑त्म॒न्वत् तद् वै ब्र॑ह्म॒विदो॑ विदुः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 10.2.32

IAST Transliteration

tásmin hiraṇyé kóśe try-àre trípratiṣṭhite | tásmin yád yákṣam ātmánvat tád vái brahmavído viduḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In that golden casket, three-spoked, established on three supports—in it, what wondrous Power is self-possessed, that verily the knowers of Brahman know.

Translation

ในหีบทองคำนั้น มีสิ่งสามก้าน (สามซี่) ตั้งมั่นบนฐานสามประการ; ในที่นั้นเอง อำนาจอัศจรรย์ (yakṣa) อันทรงตนอยู่—บรรดาผู้รู้พรหมัน (Brahman) ย่อมรู้โดยแท้

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Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यये: golden
• हिरण्यये: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कोशे: in the sheath/treasury (container)
• कोशे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रि-अरे: in the three-spoked (three-rimmed)
• त्रि-अरे: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरा (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्ग/संख्या-पूर्वपद: त्रि

• त्रि-प्रतिष्ठिते: set/established in three (ways/places)
• त्रि-प्रतिष्ठिते: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: प्रतिष्ठित (√स्था + प्रति, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: कर्म (विदुः इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्षम्: the wondrous/sacred being (yakṣa)
• यक्षम्: कर्म (विदुः इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मन्वत्: endowed with self/essence
• आत्मन्वत्: कर्म (विदुः इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (मतुप्/वतुप्-तद्धित)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (विदुः इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Demonstrative pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ब्रह्मविदः: knowers of Brahman
• ब्रह्मविदः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मविद् (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + √विद् ‘to know’ → ‘knower of Brahman’)

• विदुः: know / have known
• विदुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (variable r̥ṣi lists).

Devata: Brahman/Ātman as ‘yakṣa’ (mysterious potency).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with scholastic/gnomic style)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta