Atharva Veda 20.39.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 2

Sukta 39

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्य॑१न्तरि॑क्षमतिर॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्य रोच॒ना। इन्द्रो॒ यदभि॑नद् व॒लम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.39.2

IAST Transliteration

ví antárikṣam atiran máde sómasya rocanā́ | índro yád abhinad válam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth through the mid-air they passed, in Soma’s rapture, to the shining realms—when Indra clave the Vala fastness.

Translation

اندفعوا عبر الفضاءِ الوسيط (الأنتاريكشا)، في نشوةِ سوما، إلى العوالمِ المتلألئة—حين شقَّ إندرا حصنَ فالا المنيع.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the mid-air, atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिरन्: they passed over / crossed
• अतिरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + √ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / √रि- (गतौ) (धातु)

• मदे: in intoxication, in exhilaration
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोचना: the shining lights / radiant realms
• रोचना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचना (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘to shine’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, against (prefix/adverb)
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अभिनत्: he roared against / thundered at
• अभिनत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √नद् (नद् शब्दे) (धातु)

• वलम्: Vala (the cave/enclosure; demon/obstruction)
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra (with Soma as empowering adjunct)

Chandas: Ṛgvedic praise-meter; exact meter requires full stanza context.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira