Atharva Veda 13.2.16: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदु॒ त्यं जा॒तवे॑दसं दे॒वं व॑हन्ति के॒तवः॑ । दृ॒शे विश्वा॑य॒ सूर्य॑म्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.16

IAST Transliteration

úd u tyáṃ jātávedasaṃ deváṃ vahanti ketávaḥ | dṛśé víśvāya sū́ryam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up, yea, that Jātavedas God the radiant banners bear aloft—the Sun—for sight, for all the world to see.

Translation

จงดูเถิด เทพผู้เป็นชาตเวทัส (Jātavedas) นั้น—ธงแห่งรัศมีทั้งหลายยกชูขึ้นสูง นำพา ‘พระสุริยะ’ ขึ้นไป เพื่อให้สรรพสิ่งได้เห็น เพื่อให้โลกทั้งปวงได้ประจักษ์.

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Word by Word

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• उ: indeed, surely
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• त्यम्: that (one)
• त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni; ‘knower of births’)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्ति: they carry/bear
• वहन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• केतवः: rays, beams, banners (of light)
• केतवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशे: for seeing; to be seen
• दृशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitival dative)
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृश् (कृदन्त/भाव)

• विश्वाय: for all; for everyone
• विश्वाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (substantive use)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

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

Devata: Sūrya (with Jātavedas epithet).

Chandas: Gāyatrī-like trimeter feel; in AV transmission often treated within anuṣṭubh-dominant context—meter identification may vary by pada-count analysis.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta