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Atharva Veda 18.2.6: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 6

Sukta 2

त्रिक॑द्रुकेभिः पवते॒ षडु॒र्वीरेक॒मिद् बृ॒हत्। त्रि॒ष्टुब् गा॑य॒त्री छन्दां॑सि॒ सर्वा॒ ता य॒म आर्पि॑ता

tríkadrukebhiḥ pavate ṣáḍurvī́r ékam íd bṛhát | triṣṭúb gāyatrī́ chándāṃsi sárvā tā́ yám ā́rpitā

With the three Kadru-streams it floweth purified; through the six broad regions—one only, yet the Vast. Triṣṭubh and Gāyatrī, the metres, all of them—these are consigned unto Yama.

त्रिकद्रुकेभिःwith the trikadrukas (three presses/pressing-stones; i.e., with the three Soma-pressings)
त्रिकद्रुकेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिकद्रुक (प्रातिपदिक)
पवतेflows/purifies itself (as Soma)
पवते:
TypeVerb
Root√पू (पवते) अथवा √पु (शुद्धौ) — ‘पव्/पू’ (धातु)
षट्six
षट्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषट् (संख्या-शब्द)
उर्वीःbroad expanses/regions (earths)
उर्वीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
एकम्one
एकम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
इत्indeed/just
इत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
बृहत्great, lofty
बृहत्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिष्टुप्Triṣṭubh (metre)
त्रिष्टुप्:
कर्तृ/विषय (सूच्यते—छन्दः-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक; छन्दोनाम)
गायत्रीGāyatrī (metre)
गायत्री:
कर्तृ/विषय (सूच्यते—छन्दः-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक; छन्दोनाम)
छन्दांसिmetres
छन्दांसि:
कर्तृ/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
कर्तृ/विषय (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ताःthose (metres)
ताः:
कर्तृ (आर्पिताः इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यम्Yama
यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
आर्पिताःhave been offered/dedicated
आर्पिताः:
TypeVerb (Participle)
Rootआ-√ऋ (अर्पणे) → आर्पित (कृदन्त)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verse-level r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī)

Devata: Yama (primary); chandas as personified powers

Chandas: Mixed/explicitly self-referential (mentions Triṣṭubh, Gāyatrī)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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