Atharva Veda 6.31.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 2

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒न्तश्च॑रति रोच॒ना अ॒स्य प्रा॒णाद॑पान॒तः । व्यऽख्यन्महि॒षः स्वः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.31.2

IAST Transliteration

antáś carati rocanā́ asyá prāṇā́d apānatáḥ | vy-àkhyán mahíṣaḥ svàḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Within move the shining realms of him, from prāṇa and from apāna; the Mighty One—heaven—was clearly seen made manifest.

Translation

ภายในเขา แดนสว่างไสวทั้งหลายเคลื่อนไหวเวียนไป; จาก prāṇa (ปราณ—ลมหายใจ/พลังชีวิต) และจาก apāna (อปาน—ลมหายใจที่ไหลลง). ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ยิ่ง—สวรรค์ (svah)—ปรากฏให้เห็นอย่างแจ่มชัด ถูกเผยให้ประจักษ์.

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Word by Word

• अन्तः: within, inside
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (प्रातिपदिक) → अव्ययीभाव/अव्यय

• चरति: moves, goes about
• चरति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (चरँ गतौ) धातु

• रोचनाः: in the shining regions/lights
• रोचनाः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचना (प्रातिपदिक) < √रुच्/√रुच् (दीप्तौ/रुचिरत्वे) भाव/स्थानवाचक

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणात्: from the breath (in-breath/life-breath)
• प्राणात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानतः: from the out-breath (apāna)
• अपानतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, forth, distinctly
• वि: (क्रिया-विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अख्यत्: declared, made known
• अख्यत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (ख्या प्रख्याने) धातु

• महिषः: the great one / the bull (mighty one)
• महिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven, the sky-world
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय; वैदिक ‘स्वः’ = स्वर्ग/दिव्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Prāṇa/Apāna and the luminous Mahīṣa (solar sovereignty)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira