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Atharva Veda 2.6.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 4

Sukta 6

क्ष॒त्रेणा॑ग्ने॒ स्वेन॒ सं र॑भस्व मि॒त्रेणा॑ग्ने मित्र॒धा य॑तस्व । स॒जा॒तानां॑ मध्यमे॒ष्ठा राज्ञा॑मग्ने वि॒हव्यो॑ दीदिही॒ह

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.6.4

kṣatréṇā́gne svéna sáṃ rabhásva mitréṇā́gne mitradhā́ yátasva | sajātā́nāṃ madhyaméṣṭhā́ rā́jñām agne vihávyò dīdihī́ha ||

With thine own kingly power, O Agni, lay firm hold; with Mitra’s might, O Agni, strive in Mitra’s ordered way. Among the clansmen be thou best, set in the midst of kings: O Agni, manifold-invoked, shine brightly here for us.

بقوّتِكَ المَلَكيّةِ الخاصّة، يا أَغني، تَشَبَّثْ وثَبِّتْ قبضتَكَ؛ وبقوّةِ مِترا، يا أَغني، اجتهدْ على نَسَقِ مِترا ونِظامِه. وبينَ أبناءِ العشيرةِ كُنْ الأفضل، مُقامًا في وَسَطِ الملوك؛ يا أَغني، يا مَن يُدعَى بنداءاتٍ كثيرة، أَشْرِقْ هنا لنا بضياءٍ ساطع.

क्षत्रेणby/with (your) sovereignty, lordly power
क्षत्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वेनwith your own
स्वेन:
करण
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रभस्वgrasp/lay hold (firmly); take up
रभस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरभ् (धातु) + सम्
मित्रेणby/with friendship; with the ally
मित्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रधाin a friendly manner; as a friend
मित्रधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमित्रधा (अव्यय; मित्र + धा-प्रत्यय/धा-भावः)
यतस्वstrive; exert yourself; be intent
यतस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयत् (धातु) (यत् = प्रयत्न/संयम)
सजातानाम्of the kindred / of those born together
सजातानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √जन्, क्त)
मध्यमेष्ठाstanding in the middle; the central-most
मध्यमेष्ठा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमध्यमेष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक; मध्यम + इष्ठा/एष्ठा)
राज्ञाम्of kings/rulers
राज्ञाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
विहव्यःto be invoked/called upon
विहव्यः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविहव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + √ह्वा, यत्/यव्य-प्रत्ययः; ‘invocable’)
दीदिहिshine brightly; blaze
दीदिहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदीदिहि (धातु: √दीदिह्/√दीप् ‘to shine’, intensive/reduplicated stem)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution typical for Agni-polity verses in AVŚ (exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on the Anukramaṇī for AV 2.6).

Devata: Agni (with Mitra as invoked power/quality within the address).

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (requires metrical verification against pada lengths in the edition).

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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