Atharva Veda 20.127.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 7

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राज्ञो॑ विश्व॒जनी॑नस्य॒ यो दे॒वोऽमर्त्यां॒ अति॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ सुष्टु॑ति॒मा सु॒नोता॑ परि॒क्षितः॑

IAST Transliteration

rājño viśvajánīnasya yó devó ’martyā́m áti | vaiśvānará sya suṣṭutím ā́ sunótā parikṣítaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For the King, the All-men’s lord, for that God who passeth beyond the immortal (sphere), press forth—bring forth—the fair laudation of Vaiśvānara, (the praise) of Parikṣit.

Translation

Für den König, den Herrn aller Menschen, für jenen Gott, der über die unsterbliche (Sphäre) hinausgeht, presse hervor — bringe hervor — das schöne Lob des Vaiśvānara, (das Lob) des Parikṣit.

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Word by Word

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वजनीनस्य: of the all-people’s / universal (one)
• विश्वजनीनस्य: विशेषण (of ‘राज्ञः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वजनीन (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व-जन-ईन)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘यः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमर्त्याम्: (a) immortal (praise/utterance)
• अमर्त्याम्: कर्म (object; understood ‘स्तुतिम्/वाचम्’ etc.)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण (preverbial: ‘beyond/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• वैश्वानरस्य: of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुष्टुतिम्: good praise, fine hymn
• सुष्टुतिम्: कर्म (object of ‘शृणोत’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुष्टुति (प्रातिपदिक; सु-स्तुति)

• आ: unto, towards
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directive: ‘towards/unto’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• शृणोत: hear, listen
• शृणोत: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• परिक्षितः: (O) Parīkṣit / Parikṣit
• परिक्षितः: कर्तृ (vocative-like address in sense; formally nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षित् (प्रातिपदिक; राजन्-नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-style attribution; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Vaiśvānara (Agni).

Chandas: RV-style meter; exact identification requires syllable count.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira