Atharva Veda 15.13.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 2

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये पृ॑थि॒व्यां पुन्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.2

IAST Transliteration

yé pṛthivyā́ṁ púṇyā lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What meritorious worlds there are upon the earth—those very worlds he thereby wins and makes his own.

Translation

Ang mga karapat-dapat na mundo sa lupa, ang mga mundong iyon mismo ay kanyang nakamit at ginawang kanya sa pamamagitan nito.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• पुण्याः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (prātipadika)

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (prātipadika)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

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

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अव: down, back; (as prefix) restraining/warding
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Upasarga
• Root: अव

• रुन्द्धे: he/she/it restrains, blocks, shuts in
• रुन्द्धे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु) — रुणद्धि/रुन्द्धे

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-related tradition (AV 15).

Devata: Puṇya-lokas (merit-realms) as quasi-personified goal; Vrātya as enabling agent.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed; compact anuṣṭubh-like cadence but not strictly metrical.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta