Atharva Veda 9.6.7 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 7

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदा॑वस॒थान् क॒ल्पय॑न्ति सदोहविर्धा॒नान्ये॒व तत् क॑ल्पयन्ति

IAST Transliteration

yádāvasathā́n kalpáyanti sadóhavirdhānā́ny eva tát kalpayanti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When they set in order the lodging-places, they are, in very deed, setting in order the Sadas and the Havirdhāna.

Translation

เมื่อเขาจัดเตรียมที่พักแรม—เขากำลังจัดเตรียม “สทัส” (Sadas) และ “หวิรธานะ” (Havirdhāna) โดยแท้จริง

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवसथान्: resting-places / dwellings
• अवसथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसथ (प्रातिपदिक; अव+√स्था → अवसथ ‘आवास/विश्रामस्थान’)

• कल्पयन्ति: they arrange / prepare
• कल्पयन्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्/कल्प् (कारणे/विधौ) – ‘to arrange, prepare’ (causative: कल्पयति)

• सदः: the ‘sadas’ hall (ritual hall)
• सदः: Adhikaraṇa (समासे स्थानवाचक-आश्रय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सभा/सदन/सदः’)

• हविर्धानानि: havis-receptacles / places for the oblation
• हविर्धानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविर्धान (प्रातिपदिक; हविस् + धान ‘हविर्धान’ = oblation-receptacles/places for havis)

• एव: just so / indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयन्ति: they arrange / prepare
• कल्पयन्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्/कल्प् (कारणे/विधौ) – causative ‘कल्पयति’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Yajña-space as sacral principle; indirectly Agni and the ritual order (ṛta)

Chandas: Prose / yajus-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta