Atharva Veda 20.21.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 3

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शची॑व इन्द्र पुरुकृद् द्युमत्तम॒ तवेदि॒दम॒भित॑श्चेकिते॒ वसु॑ । अतः॑ सं॒गृभ्या॑भिभूत॒ आ भ॑र॒ मा त्वा॑य॒तो ज॑रि॒तुः काम॑मूनयीः

IAST Transliteration

śacī́va índra purukṛ́d dyumáttama táved idám abhítaś cekite vásu | átaḥ saṃgṛ́hya abhibhū́ta ā́ bhara mā́ tvā́yataḥ jaritúḥ kā́mam ūnayīḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Indra, skilled in might, much-doing, most resplendent—this wealth of thine is manifest on every side. Therefore, having gathered it, victorious, bring it hither; disappoint not the desire of the singer who draws near to thee.

Translation

Oh Indra, diestro en poder, de muchas obras, el más resplandeciente: esta riqueza tuya se hace patente por todas partes. Por eso, habiéndola reunido, victorioso, tráela aquí; no frustres el deseo del cantor que se acerca a ti.

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Word by Word

• शचीवः: O mighty/skillful (one), endowed with शक्ति/शची
• शचीवः: सम्बोधन (vocative sense; syntactically like Kartā-epithet)
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: शचीवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुकृत्: O doer of many deeds
• पुरुकृत्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरुकृत् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• द्युमत्तम: O most radiant/glorious
• द्युमत्तम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (superlative epithet)
• Root: द्युमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (superlative)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (with implied ‘bring/accept this’), deictic
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this (here)
• इदम्: विशेषण/अन्वय (deictic reinforcement)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभितः: around, on all sides
• अभितः: अधिकरण (circumstantial: ‘around/on all sides’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः (अव्यय)

• चेकिते: he notices/observes
• चेकिते: क्रिया (of Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिकित्/चिकेत् (धातु; ‘to notice, perceive’) → चेकिते

• वसु: wealth, good (treasure)
• वसु: कर्म (object of ‘notice/seek/bring’ in sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतः: from there; therefore
• अतः: अपादान/हेतु (source/reason: ‘from there/therefore’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)

• संगृह्य: having gathered/collected
• संगृह्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (having gathered)
• Type: Gerund (absolutive)
• Root: सम् + ग्रह् (धातु) → संगृह्य

• अभिभूतः: having overcome; victorious
• अभिभूतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Past participle (used adjectivally)
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु) → भूत (क्त) with उपसर्ग

• आ: hither, towards (us)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘hither’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भर: bring!
• भर: क्रिया (injunction to Indra)
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: निषेध (with verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म (object of ‘lead away/turn away’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयतः: of the approaching (one)
• आयतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: आ + यत् (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-निर्माण; here as participial adjective ‘approaching/coming’)

• जरितुः: of the singer/praiser
• जरितुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the praiser)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praiser/singer’)

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: कर्म (object: ‘desire/wish’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊनयीः: you led away / you should not lead away
• ऊनयीः: क्रिया (prohibited by ‘मा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + नी (धातु) / नी (धातु) with preverb; Vedic form ‘ūnayiḥ’

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; r̥ṣi per RV source attribution.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta