Atharva Veda 20.61.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 61, Mantra 2

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॒ ज्योतीं॑ष्या॒यवे॒ मन॑वे च वि॒वेदि॑थ । म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.61.2

IAST Transliteration

yéna jyótīṃṣi āyáve mánave ca vivedítha | mandānó asyá bárhiṣo ví rājasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whereby thou hast won the lights for Āyu and for Manu also; exhilarated, over this sacred grass thou shinest forth in sovereign splendour.

Translation

Wodurch du die Lichter für Āyu und auch für Manu gewonnen hast; berauscht (vom Soma) leuchtest du über diesem heiligen Barhis-Gras hervor in königlicher Pracht.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• ज्योतींषि: lights, luminaries
• ज्योतींषि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयवे: to Āyu (a personage)
• आयवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनवे: to Manu
• मनवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विवेदिथ: you have found/known
• विवेदिथ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)

• मन्दानः: rejoicing, gladdened
• मन्दानः: कर्तृ (कर्ता-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √मद् (मदँ हर्षे) → मन्दान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अ-

• बर्हिषः: of the sacred grass / ritual seat
• बर्हिषः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, forth; intensively
• वि: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• राजसि: you shine / you rule
• राजसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राज् (राजृँ दीप्तौ/राजँ शोभायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived; attribution follows the Rigvedic source.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (pending metrical verification from full RV context).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta