Atharva Veda 20.14.4: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 4

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हर्य॑श्वं॒ सत्प॑तिं चर्षणी॒सहं॒ स हि ष्मा॒ यो अम॑न्दत । आ तु नः॒ स व॑यति॒ गव्य॒मश्व्यं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ म॒घवा॑ श॒तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.14.4

IAST Transliteration

háryaśvaṃ sátpatiṃ carṣaṇī-sáhaṃ sá hí स्म yó ámandata | ā́ tu naḥ sá vayati gávyam áśvyaṃ stotṛ́bhyo maghávā śatám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Tawny-steeded, lord of the good, o’erpowering men—he, forsooth, who is exhilarated: may he now dispense to us, to the praisers, cattle-wealth and horse-wealth, the bounteous Maghavan, a hundredfold.

Translation

Fahlrossig, Herr der Guten, der die Menschen überwindet—denn er ist wahrlich der, der berauscht (vom Soma) ist. Er möge nun uns, den Preisenden, Rinderreichtum und Rossreichtum zuteilen—der freigebige Maghavan—hundertfach.

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Word by Word

• हर्यश्वम्: the bay(-horsed) one
• हर्यश्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्पतिम्: the true lord / good master
• सत्पतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चर्षणीसहम्: supporter of the peoples / who withstands (for) the folk
• चर्षणीसहम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used as epithet)
• Root: चर्षणीसह (प्रातिपदिक; चर्षणी + सह)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ष्मा: surely / just (emphatic)
• ष्मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Vedic particle)
• Root: ष्मा

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• अमन्दत: rejoiced / was exhilarated
• अमन्दत: कर्तृ (स्वकर्मक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्द् (धातु; ‘to rejoice/be glad’)

• आ: towards / hither
• आ: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• तु: but / then
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वयति: weaves / fashions / prepares
• वयति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वय् (धातु; ‘to weave, to work/prepare’)

• गव्यम्: cattle(-wealth)
• गव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्व्यम्: horse(-wealth)
• अश्व्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवा: the bountiful one
• मघवा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म
• Type: Numeral/Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra praise lineage (AVŚ 20 compilation); specific r̥ṣi follows the RV source verse.

Devata: Indra (Maghavan)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/related RV meter; requires source-metrical verification.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: vira