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Atharva Veda 9.3.17: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 17

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तृणै॒रावृ॑ता पल॒दान् वसा॑ना॒ रात्री॑व॒ शाला॒ जग॑तो नि॒वेश॑नी । मि॒ता पृ॑थि॒व्यां ति॑ष्ठसि ह॒स्तिनी॑व प॒द्वती॑

IAST Transliteration

tṛṇáir ā́vṛtā paladā́n vásānā rā́trīva śā́lā jágato nivéśanī | mitā́ pṛthivyā́ṃ tíṣṭhasi hastínīva padvátī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Covered with grasses, wearing her side-boards, like Night, O Hall, a lodging-place for all that moves; measured on Earth thou standest, firm-footed as a she-elephant.

Word by Word
तृणैःwith grasses, by means of grass
तृणैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतृण
आवृताcovered, wrapped
आवृता:
Kartā (as predicate of the subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootआ-√वृ (वृञ् आवरणे) / आवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
पलदान्straw-mats / thatch-bundles (coverings)
पलदान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपलद (प्रातिपदिक)
वसानāwearing, putting on
वसानā:
Kartā (as predicate of the subject)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√वस् (वसँ आच्छादने) / वसत्- (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
रात्रीnight
रात्री:
Kartā (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
शालाhut, hall, shelter
शाला:
Kartā (apposition/simile)
TypeNoun
Rootशाला
जगतःof the world / of what moves
जगतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
निवेशनीdwelling-place, lodging, resting-place
निवेशनी:
Kartā (predicate/apposition)
TypeNoun (agent/instrument noun)
Rootनि-√विश् (विशँ प्रवेशने) / निवेशनी (प्रातिपदिक)
मिताmeasured, bounded
मिता:
Kartā (as predicate of the subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Root√मा (मा॒ माने/मितौ) / मित (कृदन्त)
पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
तिष्ठसिyou stand, you remain
तिष्ठसि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (ष्ठा गतिनिवृत्तौ) → तिष्ठ
हस्तिनीa female elephant
हस्तिनी:
Kartā (in simile)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → हस्तिनी
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पद्वतीhaving feet/steps; footed (firm-footed)
पद्वती:
Kartā (predicate of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootपद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) → पद्वती
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (house/hall hymn)

Devata: Śālā; protective Night imagery secondarily

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like domestic cadence (as transmitted in AV śālā-hymn)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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