Atharva Veda 13.2.18: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 18

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अदृ॑श्रन्नस्य के॒तवो॒ वि र॒श्मयो॒ जनाँ अनु॑ । भ्राज॑न्तो अ॒ग्नयो॑ यथा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.18

IAST Transliteration

ádṛśrann asyá ketávo ví raśmáyo jánāṁ ánu | bhrā́jantó agnáyo yáthā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seen are his bright tokens; his rays spread forth along the people, shining like fires ablaze.

Translation

นิมิตอันสว่างของเขาปรากฏแล้ว; รัศมีของเขาแผ่ไปตามหมู่ชน ส่องประกายดุจไฟที่ลุกโชน.

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Word by Word

• अदृश्रन्: they appeared / were seen
• अदृश्रन्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (√दृश्)

• अस्य: of him/it
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• केतवः: signals, banners, rays (as ‘signs’)
• केतवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• रश्मयः: rays
• रश्मयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) / जन (people) अव्युत्पन्न-प्रातिपदिक

• अनु: along, after, following
• अनु: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भ्राजन्तः: shining, blazing
• भ्राजन्तः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: भ्राज् (√भ्राज्) → भ्राजन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• अग्नयः: fires
• अग्नयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: (उपमान/तुलना-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 13 Sūrya-hymn tradition (variable in anukramaṇī).

Devata: Sūrya (with Agni as explicit simile)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta