Atharva Veda 9.6.9: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 9

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदु॑परिशय॒नमा॒हर॑न्ति स्व॒र्गमे॒व तेन॑ लो॒कमव॑ रुन्द्धे

IAST Transliteration

yád upariśayánam āháranti svargám evá téna lokám áva runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What covering they bring—therewith, in very deed, he fences in for himself the world of heaven.

Translation

สิ่งที่เขานำมาเป็นเครื่องคลุม—ด้วยสิ่งนั้น เขาย่อมกั้นล้อมไว้เพื่อ ตนเอง อย่างแท้จริง คือโลกสวรรค์ (svarga).

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Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देश (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपरिशयनम्: the upper covering/bed-spread (that which is laid over)
• उपरिशयनम्: कर्म (आहरन्ति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपरि-शय (उपसर्ग ‘उपरि’ + √शी/शय ‘to lie, rest’) → ‘उपरिशयन’ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहरन्ति: they bring / fetch
• आहरन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√हृ (to bring, fetch)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: कर्म (गम्य-लक्ष्यरूपेण; ‘स्वर्गम् एव लोकम्’ इति समासार्थः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: करण (येन साधनेन)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: कर्म (रुन्द्धे इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; off; (as prefix) in a blocking/warding sense
• अव: क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ (अवरोध-भावः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुन्द्धे: he/she blocks off; shuts in; secures
• रुन्द्धे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुध् (to obstruct, block, shut in) [वेद. रूप ‘रुन्द्धे’]

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).

Devata: Svarga/Loka as ritual goal; bandhu of covering with heaven.

Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta