Atharva Veda 19.33.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 2

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घृ॒तादुल्लु॑प्तो॒ मधु॑मा॒न् पय॑स्वान् भूमिदृं॒होऽच्यु॑तश्च्यावयि॒ष्णुः । नु॒दन्त्स॒पत्ना॒नध॑रांश्च कृ॒ण्वन् दर्भा रो॑ह मह॒तामि॑न्द्रि॒येण॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.33.2

IAST Transliteration

ghṛtā́d ullúptaḥ mádhumān páyasvān bhū́mi-dṛṃho ’cyútaś cyāvayiṣṇúḥ | nudán sapatnā́n ádharāṃś ca kṛṇván darbha róha mahatā́ índriyeṇa ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Anointed with ghee, honeyed, rich in sap; Earth-firmer, unshaken, and dislodging: driving the rivals forth and making them low—O Darbha, grow thou with mighty Indra-power.

Translation

Mit Ghee gesalbt, honigsüß, saftreich; die Erde festigend, unerschütterlich, verdrängend. Die Widersacher fortstoßend und sie nieder machend — o Darbha, wachse mit der mächtigen Indra-Kraft.

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Word by Word

• घृतात्: from ghee
• घृतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• उल्लुप्तः: drawn up / extracted
• उल्लुप्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+लुप् (धातु) → उल्लुप्त (कृदन्त)

• मधुमान्: honeyed; possessing sweetness
• मधुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयस्वान्: milky; rich in sap/milk
• पयस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिदृंहः: earth-firming; strengthening the ground
• भूमिदृंहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमि + दृंह (प्रातिपदिक/समास)

• अच्युतः: unshaken; unfailing
• अच्युतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक; a- + च्युत)

• च्यावयिष्णुः: apt to dislodge; driving away
• च्यावयिष्णुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्यावयिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; च्यावय- from √च्यु/च्यव् caus.)

• नुदन्: thrusting; repelling
• नुदन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √नुद् (धातु) → नुदत् (कृदन्त)

• सपत्नान्: rivals; enemies
• सपत्नान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधरान्: lower; beneath
• अधरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• कृण्वन्: making; rendering
• कृण्वन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृण्वत् (कृदन्त)

• दर्भाः: darbha-grasses
• दर्भाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोह: grow! arise!
• रोह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (धातु)

• महताम्: of the great (ones)
• महताम्: —
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रियेण: with power/strength (faculty)
• इन्द्रियेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Darbha (as empowered herb/amulet)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (approximate; scansion to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta