Atharva Veda 13.2.40: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 40

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रोहि॑तो लो॒को अ॑भव॒द् रोहि॒तोऽत्य॑तप॒द् दिव॑म्। रोहि॑तो र॒श्मिभि॒र्भूमिं॑ समु॒द्रमनु॒ सं च॑रत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.2.40

IAST Transliteration

róhito lokó abhavad róhito’ty atapat dívam | róhito raśmíbhir bhū́miṃ samudrám ánu sám carat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rohita became the world; Rohita heated, yea, over-heated heaven. Rohita with his rays traversed the earth, and along the ocean moved in full course.

Translation

روہتا دنیا بنا، روہتا نے آسمان کو گرم کیا، بلکہ بہت گرم کیا۔ روہتا اپنی کرنوں سے زمین کو عبور کیا، اور سمندر کے ساتھ پورا سفر کیا۔

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Word by Word

• रोहितः: Rohita (the Red one; a deity/personified red sun)
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक) < √रुह् (रुहँ बीजजन्मनि/आरोहणे) से निष्पन्न वर्ण/नाम

• लोकः: world, realm
• लोकः: Kartā (समास/समानाधिकरण-भाव; ‘रोहितः’ के साथ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत्: became, came to be
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू सत्तायाम्)

• रोहितः: Rohita
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अतपतत्: heated, shone, burned
• अतपतत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (तपँ संतापे/दीप्तौ)

• दिवम्: the sky, heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव/द्यौ ‘sky’)

• रोहितः: Rohita
• रोहितः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• रश्मिभिः: with rays
• रश्मिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिम्: earth
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्रम्: ocean, sea
• समुद्रम्: Karma (अनु के साथ गत्यर्थे ‘along/over’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अचरत्: moved, went, ranged
• अचरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (चरँ गत्यर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rohita complex)

Devata: Rohita (solar-red), implicitly Sūrya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (largely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira