Atharva Veda 13.2.22: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि द्यामे॑षि॒ रज॑स्पृ॒थ्वह॒र्मिमा॑नो अ॒क्तुभिः॑ । पश्य॒न् जन्मा॑नि सूर्य

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.22

IAST Transliteration

ví dyā́m eṣi rájaḥ pṛthv áhar mímāno aktúbhiḥ | páśyan jánmāni sūrya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth through the heaven thou goest, through the broad mid-air, meting out the day by nights; beholding births, O Sūrya.

Translation

你穿行于苍天，越过广阔的中空，以诸夜分度白昼；观照万类之生起，哦，苏利耶（Sūrya）。

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• द्याम्: the sky, heaven
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (prātipadika)

• एषि: you go, you move
• एषि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• रजः: space, mid-air, region
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (prātipadika)

• पृथु: broad, wide
• पृथु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु (prātipadika)

• अहः: day
• अहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्/अहः (prātipadika)

• मिमानः: measuring out
• मिमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; √mā ‘measure’)

• अक्तुभिः: with nights / by night-times
• अक्तुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (prātipadika)

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)

• जन्मानि: births, becomings
• जन्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (prātipadika)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with solar seers in AV 13.2 (to be verified per Anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit).

Devata: Sūrya (Sun).

Chandas: Predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī style in solar hymns; this verse is best treated as a mixed/irregular pāda-set pending metrical scan by edition.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta