Atharva Veda 9.5.16: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 16

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒जो॒३स्यज॑ स्वर्गोऽसि॒ त्वया॑ लो॒कमङ्गि॑रसः॒ प्राजा॑नन्। तं लो॒कं पुण्यं॒ प्र ज्ञे॑षम्

IAST Transliteration

ajó́ ’syáj(a) svargó ’si tváyā lokám áṅgirasaḥ prá ajā́nan | táṃ lokáṃ púṇyaṃ prá jñéṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Aja, thou art heavenward; by thee the Angirases came to know the World. That holy World—may I win it, may I apprehend it forth.

Translation

โอ อชะ (Aja) เจ้าเป็นผู้มุ่งสู่สวรรค์; ด้วยเจ้านี้เอง เหล่าอังคิรส (Aṅgirasa) จึงรู้จักโลกทั้งหลาย. โลกอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์บริสุทธิ์นั้น—ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าชนะได้มา และขอให้ข้าพเจ้ารู้แจ้งยึดถือไว้โดยถ่องแท้เถิด.

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Word by Word

• अजः: the Unborn / the goat (as a ritual epithet)
• अजः: Kartā (सम्बोधन/वाक्य-विषयः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक) / अजा (न) ‘अज/बकरा’ (निघण्टु-परम्परा) अथवा ‘अज’ = ‘अजन्मा/अज’ (विशेषण)

• असि: you are
• असि: (अस्ति-क्रिया; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• स्वर्गः: heaven; the heavenly world
• स्वर्गः: (समास-प्रत्ययार्थे विधेय-नाम; ‘असि’ का पूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (अस्ति-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• त्वया: by you; through you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरसः: the Aṅgirases (seers/priests of the Aṅgiras lineage)
• अङ्गिरसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/tribal name)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राजानन्: they knew; they recognized
• प्राजानन्: (मुख्य-क्रिया; कर्ता = अङ्गिरसः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (विशेष्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुण्यम्: holy; meritorious; auspicious
• पुण्यम्: (कर्म-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward; fully
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ज्ञेषम्: may I know; may I realize
• ज्ञेषम्: (वक्ता-कर्तृक-इच्छा-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic tradition (hymn associates efficacy with the Angirases)

Devata: Aja (as cosmic/sacrificial agent) and Agni (as conveyor, implicit)

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in the pādas (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta