Atharva Veda 13.4.12: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 12
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तमि॒दं निग॑तं॒ सहः॒ स ए॒ष एक॑ एक॒वृदेक॑ ए॒व
IAST Transliteration
tám idáṃ nígataṃ sáhaḥ sá eṣá éka ekavrát éka evá
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This might hath entered into this (all); he—this very one—is One, the Single-Vowed, One alone indeed.
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (सन्दर्भे ‘इदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन/सम्बन्धेन)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma / विषय (उक्त-वस्तु)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निगतंgone down; entered; set/placed
निगतं:
विशेषण (इदम्/तत् इत्यस्य)
TypeParticiple (Past passive/गतार्थक)
Rootनि-√गम् (गम्) → ‘निगत’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
सहःpower; might; strength
सहः:
Karma / विषय (बल/तेजः इति)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe; that (one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषःthis (one here)
एषः:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य पुनर्निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootएष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone; single
एकः:
विशेषण (एषः/सः)
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone (again, emphatic)
एकः:
विशेषण (पुनरुक्त्या एकत्व-प्रबलनम्)
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
एकवृत्of one course/one turning; having a single path
एकवृत्:
विशेषण (एषः/सः)
TypeAdjective
Rootएकवृत् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘एक’ + ‘वृत्/वृत्त’—एकवृत्त/एकवृत्)
एकःone
एकः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed; just; only
एव:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (अवधारणार्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Ekavrata / Skambha (the One immanent power)
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (verification needed)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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