Mantra 12

Sukta 107

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवा महान् बृहद्दिवो अथर्वावोचत् स्वां तन्व१मिन्द्रमेव। स्वसारौ मातरिभ्वरी अरिप्रे हिन्वन्ति चैने शवसा वर्धयन्ति च

IAST Transliteration

evá mahā́n bṛhád-divó athárvā́vocat svā́ṃ tanvàm índram evá | svásārau mātáribhvarī arí-pre hínvanti cainaṃ śávasā vardháyanti ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thus spake Atharvan of the wide heaven, making Indra great in his own embodied might. The two Sister-powers, mother-moving, in the press of foes, impel him, and with force they strengthen him.

Word by Word

• एवा: indeed; just so
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (with अथर्वा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• बृहत्: a lofty/great (utterance); greatly
• बृहत्: Karma (cognate/extent with अवोचत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत्

• दिवः: of heaven; of the sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्

• अथर्वा: Atharvan (the seer/priest)
• अथर्वा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/name)
• Root: अथर्वन्

• अवोचत्: spoke; uttered
• अवोचत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• स्वाम्: one’s own
• स्वाम्: Karma (with तन्वम्)
• Type: Adjective (possessive)
• Root: स्व

• तन्वम्: body; person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (object of अवोचत्)
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: इन्द्र

• एव: alone; indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्वसारौ: two sisters
• स्वसारौ: Kartā (with हिन्वन्ति/वर्धयन्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ

• मातरिभ्वरी: the two (called) Mātariśvarī/Mātaribhvarī (a pair of divine females)
• मातरिभ्वरी: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun (name/epithet)
• Root: मातरिभ्वरि

• अरिप्रे: unassailable; foe-crushing
• अरिप्रे: Karma (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिप्र

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

• हिन्वन्ति: they impel; they set in motion
• हिन्वन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिन्व्

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

• एनम्: him (that one)
• एनम्: Karma (object of हिन्वन्ति/वर्धयन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्

• शवसा: with strength; by might
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्

• वर्धयन्ति: they increase; they make grow
• वर्धयन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan (as named within the verse; RV-derived framing)

Devata: Indra (empowered); auxiliary paired powers (‘two sisters’)

Chandas: RV-style (likely Triṣṭubh); requires scan

Mantra Rasa

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