Atharva Veda 5.13.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वृषा॑ मे॒ रवो॒ नभ॑सा॒ न त॑न्य॒तुरु॒ग्रेण॑ ते॒ वच॑सा बाध॒ आदु॑ ते । अ॒हं तम॑स्य॒ नृभि॑रग्रभं॒ रसं॒ तम॑स इव॒ ज्योति॒रुदे॑तु॒ सूर्यः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.13.3

IAST Transliteration

vṛ́ṣā me rávo nábhasā ná tanyátuḥ ugréṇa te vácasā bādhé ā́d u te | aháṁ tamasyá nṛ́bhir àgrabhaṁ rásam támasas iva jyótiḥ úd etu sū́ryaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bull-strong is my roar, as thunder from the cloud: with fierce speech I drive it off from thee. I, with men, have seized the sap from darkness: as light from gloom let the Sun arise.

Translation

Stierkräftig ist mein Brüllen, wie Donner aus der Wolke: mit grimmiger Rede treibe ich es von dir fort. Ich habe, mit Männern, den Saft aus der Finsternis ergriffen; wie Licht aus dem Dunkel soll die Sonne aufgehen.

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Word by Word

• वृषा: the bull (strong one)
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रवः: roar, sound
• रवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नभसा: with/like the sky (cloud)
• नभसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not / like (as)
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तन्यतुः: thunder (thunderclap)
• तन्यतुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्यतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रेण: with fierce (power)
• उग्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वचसा: with speech/word
• वचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाधे: I press/drive away, I repel
• बाधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)

• आ: towards; intensifier
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• अदु: then, indeed
• अदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अदु

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तमस्य: of darkness
• तमस्य: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृभिः: with men, by men
• नृभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्रभम्: I seized, I took
• अग्रभम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)

• रसम्: sap, essence
• रसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसः: from/of darkness
• तमसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदेतु: let (it) rise, may (it) come up
• उदेतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + उद्

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (per anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5.13).

Devata: Functional: the Sun/light as healing power; adversarial: darkness/poison.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta