Atharva Veda 20.7.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नव॒ यो न॑व॒तिं पुरो॑ बि॒भेद॑ बा॒ह्वोजसा । अहिं॑ च वृत्र॒हाव॑धीत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.7.2

IAST Transliteration

náva yó navatíṃ púro bibhéda bā́hvojásā | áhíṃ ca vṛtrahā́vadhīt ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who with arm-born might hath shattered nine-and-ninety fortresses, and the Serpent too the Vṛtra-slayer hath smitten down.

Translation

Der, der mit armgeborener Kraft neunundneunzig Festungen zerschmettert hat—auch die Schlange hat der Vṛtrahan, der Vṛtra‑Schlächter, niedergeworfen.

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Word by Word

• नव: nine
• नव: विशेषणम् (कर्मपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• नवतिम्: ninety
• नवतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: नवति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरः: fortresses; strongholds
• पुरः: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adverbial (here object-like)
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/नाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुरः’ इति निपातवत्)

• बिभेद: he split; he broke
• बिभेद: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (छेदने)

• बाह्वा: with (his) arm
• बाह्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओजसा: with strength; by might
• ओजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहिम्: the serpent (Ahi)
• अहिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वृत्रहा: Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहा: Kartā (सम्बन्धे ‘यः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृत्र’ + ‘हन्’)

• अवधीत्: he slew; he struck down
• अवधीत्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (हिंसायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; attributed per the corresponding RV hymn’s seer in traditional indices.

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra