Atharva Veda 20.125.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 125, Mantra 2

Sukta 125

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कु॒विद॒ङ्ग यव॑मन्तो॒ यवं॑ चि॒द् यथा॒ दान्त्य॑नुपू॒र्वं वि॒यूय॑ । इ॒हेहै॑षां कृणुहि॒ भोज॑नानि॒ ये ब॒र्हिषो॒ नमो॑वृक्तिं॒ न ज॒ग्मुः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.125.2

IAST Transliteration

kúvid áṅga yávamanto yávaṃ cid yáthā dā́nti anupūrváṃ viyū́ya | ihéháiṣāṃ kṛṇuhi bhójanāni yé barhíṣo námo-vṛktiṃ ná jagmúḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May it be, pray, that the barley-wealthy, even barley itself, give in ordered course, in portions. Here—here—do thou prepare for these their banquets, who have not attained the due observance of homage at the sacred grass.

Translation

لعلّ الأمر يكون كذلك: لِيُعْطِ ذوو ثراءِ الشَّعير—بل الشَّعيرُ نفسُه—عطاءً على الترتيب، حصصًا حصصًا. ههنا—ههنا—أَعِدْ لهم موائدَهم، أولئك الذين لم يبلغوا بعدُ سُنَّةَ التوقير الواجبة عند البَرْهِس (العُشب المقدّس).

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Word by Word

• कुवित्: whether? perhaps?
• कुवित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कु (प्रश्नार्थक-प्रातिपदिक/निपात) + वित् (निपात-प्रत्यय) → कुवित्

• अङ्ग: indeed; pray
• अङ्ग: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अङ्ग (निपात)

• यवम्: barley (grain)
• यवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: within; inside
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)

• यवम्: barley
• यवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• दान्ति: the teeth (tooth-rows)
• दान्ति: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन् (धातु, दन्ते/दन्ति-प्रयोगः ‘दन्त’/‘दन्त्य’ क्षेत्रे) अथवा दन्त (प्रातिपदिक) → दान्ति (बहुवचन-रूप)

• अनुपूर्वम्: in proper order; successively
• अनुपूर्वम्: —
• Type: Adjective/Adverb
• Root: अनुपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वियूय: having separated; having gone apart
• वियूय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (याऽ गतौ) + वि- (उपसर्ग) → वि-या; ल्यप् (क्त्वा-सम) → वियूय

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इह: here (right here)
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• एषाम्: of these; for these
• एषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुहि: make; prepare
• कृणुहि: Kartā (त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• भोजनानि: foods; meals
• भोजनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक; √भुज्/√भुज् ‘to enjoy/eat’ से)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हिषः: of the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमोवृक्तिम्: the ‘reverent cutting/clearing’ (ritual trimming)
• नमोवृक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √वृज्/√वृक् ‘to cut/tear’ से ‘cutting/clearing’) → समासः (तत्पुरुष) नमो-वृक्ति

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• जग्मुः: they went; they have gone
• जग्मुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गतौ)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 reprise); attribution follows the RV source-hymn tradition.

Devata: Indra (contextually), with prosperity addressed through the deity’s agency

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira