Atharva Veda 9.9.11: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 11

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चा॑रे च॒क्रे प॑रि॒वर्त॑माने॒ यस्मि॑न्नात॒स्थुर्भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । तस्य॒ नाक्ष॑स्तप्यते॒ भूरि॑भारः स॒नादे॒व न च्छि॑द्यते॒ सना॑भिः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.9.11

IAST Transliteration

pañcā́re cakré parivártamāne yásminn ātásthur bhúvanāni víśvā | tásya nákṣas tapyate bhū́ribharāḥ sanā́d eva ná cchídyate sánābhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the five-spoked wheel that turns about, wherein all the worlds are set and stand—its axle is not worn though heavily laden; from of old it is not broken, its hub unshattered.

Translation

ในกงล้อห้าซี่ที่หมุนเวียนอยู่ ซึ่งสรรพโลกทั้งปวงตั้งอยู่และยืนอยู่ในนั้น—แกนล้อไม่สึกหรอแม้แบกภาระหนักยิ่ง; ตั้งแต่กาลดึกดำบรรพ์ก็ไม่หัก ขุมล้อไม่แตกสลาย.

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Word by Word

• पञ्चारे: in the five-spoked (wheel)
• पञ्चारे: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चार (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च+अर ‘spoke/part’)

• चक्रे: in the wheel
• चक्रे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, about
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• वर्तमाने: while turning/rolling
• वर्तमाने: अधिकारण
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: वृत् (धातु) → वर्तमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आतस्थुः: stood/are set
• आतस्थुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

• भुवनानि: worlds, beings/realms
• भुवनानि: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अक्षः: axle
• अक्षः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• तप्यते: heats up/suffers
• तप्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)

• भूरि: much, abundant
• भूरि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (used adjectivally)
• Root: भूरि

• भारः: load, burden
• भारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनात्: from of old, eternally
• सनात्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनात्

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• छिद्यते: is cut/broken
• छिद्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)

• सना: from of old
• सना: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सना

• अभिः: towards/over (as preverbial particle)
• अभिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition

Devata: Cakra/Ṛta/Brahman as sustaining principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta