Atharva Veda 13.2.14 - Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 14

Atharva Veda 13.2.14: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 14

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् स॑मु॒द्रमनु॑ श्रि॒तं तत् सि॑षासति॒ सूर्यः॑ । अध्वा॑स्य॒ वित॑तो म॒हान् पूर्व॒श्चाप॑रश्च॒ यः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.14

IAST Transliteration

yát samudrám ánu śritáṃ tát siṣāsati sū́ryaḥ | ádhvā́syá vítato mahā́n pū́rvaś cā́paraś ca yáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What rests along upon the Ocean—unto that the Sun would fain attain. Vast is his pathway, stretched abroad, both eastern and again the western one.

Translation

สิ่งใดอาศัยแนบอยู่ตามมหาสมุทร—พระสุริยะใคร่จะไปให้ถึงสิ่งนั้น. หนทางของท่านกว้างใหญ่ แผ่ไพศาล ทั้งด้านบูรพาและด้านประจิม.

Word by Word

यत्that which

समुद्रम्the ocean

अनुalong, following, in accordance with

श्रितम्resting on, resorted to

तत्that

सिषासतिdesires to rule/command

सूर्यःthe Sun

अध्वाthe path, course

अस्यof him/its

विततःstretched out, extended

महान्great

पूर्वःthe former, eastern

चand

अपरःthe latter, western

चand

यःwho

Attribution

Rishi: Solar hymn tradition in AV 13; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī.

Devata: Sūrya; with cosmological support of Samudra (waters).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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