Atharva Veda 20.34.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 2

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः पृ॑थि॒वीं व्यथ॑माना॒मदृं॑ह॒द् यः पर्व॑ता॒न् प्रकु॑पिताँ॒ अर॑म्णात्। यो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षं विम॒मे वरी॑यो॒ यो द्यामस्त॑भ्ना॒त् स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.34.2

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ pṛthivī́ṃ vyáthamānām ádṛṃhat yáḥ párvatān prákupitāṃ árāmṇāt | yó antárikṣaṃ vimámē várīyo yó dyā́m astábhnāt sá janāsa índraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who made firm the Earth when she was quaking; who set the mountains fast when they were shaken; who measured out the mid-air, wider and more spacious; who propped up Heaven—he, O men, is Indra.

Translation

ผู้ใดทำให้แผ่นดินมั่นคงเมื่อสั่นสะเทือน ผู้ใดตรึงภูเขาไว้เมื่อไหวเอน ผู้ใดวัดกำหนดห้วงกลางอากาศ (antarikṣa) ให้กว้างใหญ่ยิ่ง ผู้ใดค้ำจุนฟ้าไว้—ชนทั้งหลายเอ๋ย ผู้นั้นคืออินทระ (Indra).

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Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (प्रत्येक ‘यः/यो’ खण्डे कर्तृ-सूचकः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यथमानाम्: trembling, being shaken
• व्यथमानाम्: Karma (विशेषणत्वेन कर्मणि)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: व्यथ् (धातु) → व्यथमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्)

• अदृंहत्: made firm, strengthened
• अदृंहत्: Kriyā (कर्तृ-क्रिया) / कर्मणि पृथिवीम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृंह् (धातु; ‘to make firm/strengthen’)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रकुपितान्: agitated, shaken
• प्रकुपितान्: Karma (विशेषणत्वेन कर्मणि)
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: कुप् (धातु) + प्र- → प्रकुपित (भूतकृदन्त, क्त)

• अरम्णात्: checked, restrained, made settle
• अरम्णात्: Kriyā (कर्तृ-क्रिया) / कर्मणि पर्वतान्
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु; ‘to stop/hold back, make rest/settle’—Vedic usage) + आ-

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the mid-air, atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• विममे: measured out
• विममे: Kriyā (कर्तृ-क्रिया) / कर्मणि अन्तरिक्षम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; ‘to measure’) + वि-

• वरीयः: wider, more spacious
• वरीयः: Karma (विशेषणत्वेन कर्मणि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-आधार) → वरीयस् (तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्याम्: the sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sky, heaven’)

• अस्तभ्नात्: propped up, supported
• अस्तभ्नात्: Kriyā (कर्तृ-क्रिया) / कर्मणि द्याम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तभ् (धातु; ‘to prop, support, make firm’) + आ-

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā (समाहार-निदर्शनम्: ‘he indeed’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनासः: O people, men
• जनासः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनार्थे) / अथवा Kartā (यदि ‘जनासः’ कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे गृह्यते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) / जनास् (वैदिक-रूप)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (समस्त-क्रियाणां कर्ता) / Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn material; AV 20 compilation).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira