Atharva Veda 13.2.42: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 42

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒रोह॑न्छु॒क्रो बृ॑ह॒तीरत॑न्द्रो॒ द्वे रू॒पे कृ॑णुते॒ रोच॑मानः । चि॒त्रश्चि॑कि॒त्वान् म॑हि॒षो वात॑माया॒ याव॑तो लो॒कान॒भि यद् वि॒भाति॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.2.42

IAST Transliteration

āróhan śukró bṛhatī́r átandro dvé rūpé kṛṇute rócamānaḥ | citráś cikitvā́n mahiṣó vātamāyā́ yā́vato lokā́n abhí yád vibhā́ti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascending, bright, unwearied, he traverseth the mighty regions; shining, he assumeth twofold forms. Wondrous, discerning, the mighty Bull, whose magic is as wind, he shineth forth over whatsoever worlds there be, making them manifest.

Translation

他升起，皎洁，不倦，行遍广大之境；光耀之时，呈现二重形相。奇妙而明觉的雄牛，伟力无比，其幻力如风；他照临一切世界，使之显现。

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Word by Word

• आरोहन्: ascending, mounting
• आरोहन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: आ-√रुह् (रुहँ) / वर्तमानकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक 'आरोहन्'

• शुक्रः: bright, radiant (one)
• शुक्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहतीः: the great (ones); great regions/expanses
• बृहतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतन्द्रः: unwearied, untiring
• अतन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपे: forms
• रूपे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुते: makes, fashions
• कृणुते: (क्रिया) — कर्म: रूपे
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)

• रोचमानः: shining, being radiant
• रोचमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: √रुच् (रुचँ दीप्तौ) / 'रोचमान' (शानच्)

• चित्रः: variegated, wondrous
• चित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकित्वान्: wise, discerning
• चिकित्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिकित्वस्/चिकित्वान् (प्रातिपदिक; 'knowing, wise')

• महिषः: bull; mighty one
• महिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वातमायाः: wind-like powers/illusions; airy devices
• वातमायाः: Kartā (सहचर/विशेषण-सम्बन्धः) अथवा करण-भावः (मायाभिः) — पाठभेदानुसार
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वातमाया (समास: वात + माया) (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावतः: as many as
• यावतः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकान्: worlds, realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: Upasarga (क्रियाविशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यत्: that which; insofar as
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/निमित्त) — 'insofar as/when/that which'
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• विभाति: shines forth, illuminates
• विभाति: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: (सः) महिषः/शुक्रः
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√भा (भा दीप्तौ)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with solar seers in AV 13.2 (Āditya/Sūrya hymn complex); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary indices.

Devata: Sūrya/Āditya (solar ‘mahiṣa’)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long pādas with 11-syllable cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta