Atharva Veda 15.13.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 4

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये॒३न्तरि॑क्षे॒ पुण्या॑ लो॒कास्ताने॒व तेनाव॑ रुन्द्धे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.4

IAST Transliteration

yé́ ’ntárikṣe púṇyā́ lokā́s tā́n evá ténā́va runddhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What meritorious worlds there are in the mid-air—those, even those, by that (knowledge and observance) he verily secures unto himself.

Translation

Ang mga banal na mundo sa kalawakan, yaon, mismong yaon, sa pamamagitan ng karunungan at pagsunod na yaon, ay kanyang tunay na nakakamit.

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Word by Word

• ये: which / those (who/that)
• ये: कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-कर्तृ; ‘लोकाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air / atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुण्याः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकाः: worlds / realms
• लोकाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

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

• अव: down, back; (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुन्धे: he/she/it restrains, blocks, shuts off
• रुन्धे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु) ‘to obstruct, restrain, block’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya-cycle; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the given excerpt)

Devata: Loka/puṇya (merit-realms) as the effective object; implicitly the Vratya as merit-conduit

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic anuṣṭubh-leaning cadence (not a strict RV-style metrical verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta