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Atharva Veda 10.2.4: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4

Sukta 2

कति॑ दे॒वाः क॑त॒मे त आ॑स॒न् य उरो॑ ग्री॒वाश्चि॒क्युः पुरु॑षस्य । कति॒ स्तनौ॒ व्यऽदधुः॒ कः क॑फो॒डौ कति॑ स्क॒न्धान् कति॑ पृ॒ष्टीर॑चिन्वन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 10.2.4

káti devā́ḥ katamé te āsan yá uró grīvā́ś cikyúḥ púruṣasya | káti stánau vy àdadhúḥ káḥ kapʰóḍau káti skandʰā́n káti pṛṣṭī́r acinván

How many gods, and which of them, were they who marked out the chest and the necks of the Person? How many set the two breasts apart in place? Who (set) the two shoulder-supports? How many arranged the shoulders, how many piled up the back-structures?

เทพเจ้ามีกี่องค์ และในหมู่เขาองค์ใดเล่าที่กำหนดอกและลำคอของ “บุรุษ” (Puruṣa) ไว้? มีกี่องค์ที่จัดให้เต้านมทั้งสองแยกกันและตั้งไว้ ณ ที่ของตน? ผู้ใดตั้งที่รองรับบ่าทั้งสอง? มีกี่องค์ที่จัดวางบ่าทั้งหลาย และมีกี่องค์ที่ก่อเรียงโครงสร้างแห่งแผ่นหลัง?

कतिhow many?
कति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकति (प्रश्नप्रातिपदिक)
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
कतमाःwhich (ones)?
कतमाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootकतम (प्रश्नप्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
आसन्were
आसन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
उरःchest
उरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ग्रीवाःnecks
ग्रीवाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
चिक्युःperceived/recognized
चिक्युः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचि (धातु; परस्मैपद) / (पर्यायः: चक्/चिक् ‘to perceive/notice’ वैदिक)
पुरुषस्यof the man/person
पुरुषस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
कतिhow many?
कति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकति (प्रश्नप्रातिपदिक)
स्तनौtwo breasts
स्तनौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अदधुःplaced/arranged
अदधुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम)
कफोडौ(the) two jaws/cheek-bones
कफोडौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकफोड (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक शरीरावयव-शब्द)
कतिhow many?
कति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकति (प्रश्नप्रातिपदिक)
स्कन्धान्shoulders/shoulder-blades
स्कन्धान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
कतिhow many?
कति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकति (प्रश्नप्रातिपदिक)
पृष्ठीःribs/back-parts (lit. ‘backs’)
पृष्ठीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
अचिन्वन्they arranged/constructed
अचिन्वन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचि (धातु; ‘to gather/heap/arrange’)

Rishi: As above (verification needed).

Devata: Divine constructors (devāḥ) of the Puruṣa.

Chandas: Irregular; triṣṭubh-like (verification needed).

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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