Atharva Veda 13.4.12: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 12

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तमि॒दं निग॑तं॒ सहः॒ स ए॒ष एक॑ एक॒वृदेक॑ ए॒व

IAST Transliteration

tám idáṃ nígataṃ sáhaḥ sá eṣá éka ekavrát éka evá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This might hath entered into this (all); he—this very one—is One, the Single-Vowed, One alone indeed.

Translation

ฤทธานุภาพ (sahas) นี้ได้แทรกซึมเข้าสู่สิ่งนี้ทั้งปวง; ท่านผู้นั้น—ผู้นี้เอง—คือ “หนึ่งเดียว”, ผู้มีปฏิญาณเดียว (ekavrata), เป็นหนึ่งเดียวแท้จริงแต่ผู้เดียว.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (सन्दर्भे ‘इदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन/सम्बन्धेन)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma / विषय (उक्त-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निगतं: gone down; entered; set/placed
• निगतं: विशेषण (इदम्/तत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Participle (Past passive/गतार्थक)
• Root: नि-√गम् (गम्) → ‘निगत’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहः: power; might; strength
• सहः: Karma / विषय (बल/तेजः इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this (one here)
• एषः: Kartā (सः इत्यस्य पुनर्निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: one; single
• एकः: विशेषण (एषः/सः)
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: one (again, emphatic)
• एकः: विशेषण (पुनरुक्त्या एकत्व-प्रबलनम्)
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकवृत्: of one course/one turning; having a single path
• एकवृत्: विशेषण (एषः/सः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकवृत् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘एक’ + ‘वृत्/वृत्त’—एकवृत्त/एकवृत्)

• एकः: one
• एकः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed; just; only
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (अवधारणार्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ekavrata / Skambha (the One immanent power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta