Atharva Veda 4.22.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 6

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्त॑र॒स्त्वमध॑रे ते स॒पत्ना॒ ये के च॑ राज॒न् प्रति॑शत्रवस्ते । ए॒क॒वृ॒ष इन्द्र॑सखा जिगी॒वां छ॑त्रूय॒तामा भ॑रा॒ भोज॑नानि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.22.6

IAST Transliteration

úttaras tvám ádhare te sapátnā yé ké ca rā́jan práti-śatravas te | éka-vṛ́ṣa índra-sakha jigīvā́n chatrūyatā́m ā́ bhara bhójanāni ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Superior art thou; beneath thee are thy rivals—whoever, O King, are thine opposing foes. Sole Bull, Indra’s friend, victorious: bring hither the provisions of them that would play the enemy.

Translation

Überlegen bist du; unter dir sind deine Nebenbuhler – wer immer, o König, deine widerstehenden Feinde sind. Einziger Stier, Indras Freund, sieghaft: bring herbei die Vorräte derer, die Feindschaft treiben wollen.

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Word by Word

• उत्तरः: higher, superior
• उत्तरः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण, ‘त्वम्’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधरः: lower, inferior
• अधरः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण, ‘सपत्नाः’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you, for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सपत्नाः: rivals, adversaries
• सपत्नाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā (सम्बन्धक, ‘सपत्नाः’ का)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• के: any (whoever)
• के: Kartā (अनिर्दिष्ट-समुच्चय)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिशत्रवः: counter-enemies, opposing foes
• प्रतिशत्रवः: Kartā (अपपद-विशेषण, ‘ये…’ का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: — (सम्बन्ध: ‘your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकवृषः: sole bull; single champion
• एकवृषः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण, ‘इन्द्रसखा’ का)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: एकवृष (प्रातिपदिक; एक + वृष)

• इन्द्रसखा: friend/ally of Indra
• इन्द्रसखा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रसख (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + सख)

• जिगीवाँस्: having conquered; victorious
• जिगीवाँस्: Kartā (विशेषण, ‘इन्द्रसखा’ का)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जि (जये) + क्त्वसु/क्वसु (परिप्रत्यय; परिपूर्ण-भूतार्थ)

• शत्रूयताम्: hostilities; acts of enmity
• शत्रूयताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract/collective)
• Root: शत्रूयत् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार; ‘शत्रु-भावं कुर्वत्’)

• आ: towards, hither; completely
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• भरा: bring, bear (hither)!
• भरा: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• भोजनानि: provisions; foods; enjoyments
• भोजनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: Indra (as ally), royal power

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra