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Atharva Veda 9.2.23: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 23

Sukta 2

ज्याया॑न् निमिष॒तोऽसि॒ तिष्ठ॑तो॒ ज्याया॑न्त्समु॒द्राद॑सि काम मन्यो । तत॒स्त्वम॑सि॒ ज्याया॑न् वि॒श्वहा॑ म॒हांस्तस्मै॑ ते काम॒ नम॒ इत् कृ॑णोमि

jyā́yān nimiṣatáḥ asi tíṣṭhato jyā́yān samudrā́d asi kā́ma manyó | tatás tvám asi jyā́yān viśváhā mahā́ṁs tásmai te kā́ma náma ít kṛṇomi

Greater art thou than the blinking one, greater than the standing one; greater art thou than the ocean, O Kāma, O Manyu. Therefrom art thou the greater, evermore the mighty: to thee, O Kāma, I do indeed make reverent homage.

ท่านยิ่งใหญ่กว่าผู้กะพริบตา ยิ่งใหญ่กว่าผู้ยืนอยู่; ยิ่งใหญ่กว่ามหาสมุทร โอ กามะ (Kāma) โอ มันยุ (Manyu—พลังแห่งความเดือดดาล). ด้วยเหตุนั้นท่านจึงยิ่งใหญ่กว่า เป็นผู้ทรงเดชานุภาพยิ่งใหญ่ตลอดกาล. ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมบูชาแด่ท่าน โอ กามะ อย่างแท้จริง.

ज्यायान्greater, superior
ज्यायान्:
कर्तृ (असि-क्रियायाः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्यायस्- (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक) ← ज्या/ज्याय (विशेषण-आधार) अथवा ज्येष्ठ-भाव
निमिषतःthan the blinking one; from/than what blinks
निमिषतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootनिमिषत् (कृदन्त; √मिष् ‘निमेषणे’ + नि-)
असिyou are
असि:
(सम्बन्ध-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
तिष्ठतःthan the standing one; from/than what stands
तिष्ठतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootतिष्ठत् (कृदन्त; √स्था ‘तिष्ठति’)
ज्यायान्greater
ज्यायान्:
कर्तृ (असि-क्रियायाः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्यायस्- (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
समुद्रात्from/than the ocean
समुद्रात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(सम्बन्ध-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
कामO Kāma (Desire)
काम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootकाम- (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्योO Manyu (Wrath/Spirit)
मन्यो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootमन्यु- (प्रातिपदिक)
ततःtherefore; from that
ततः:
(सम्बन्ध/क्रम-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्ययीभाव)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
असिare
असि:
(सम्बन्ध-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
ज्यायान्greater
ज्यायान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootज्यायस्- (तुलनात्मक)
विश्वहाat all times; always
विश्वहा:
अधिकारण (काल-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वहा (अव्यय; विश्व + हा ‘सर्वदा’)
महान्great
महान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto him/that (to you, i.e., to Kāma)
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (नमः इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
कामO Kāma
काम:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative/appositional)
Rootकाम-
नमःobeisance; homage
नमः:
कर्म (कृणोमि-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
(निपात; अर्थ-प्रबलन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (वैदिक अव्यय/निपात; ‘एव/नूनम्’ बलार्थक)
कृणोमिI make; I offer (do)
कृणोमि:
कर्तृ (अहं)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer attribution within Kāma-hymn complex (varies).

Devata: Kāma (with Manyu as allied/evoked force)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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