Atharva Veda 3.19.7: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 7

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रेता॒ जय॑ता नर उ॒ग्रा वः॑ सन्तु बा॒हवः॑ । ती॒क्ष्णेष॑वोऽब॒लध॑न्वनो हतो॒ग्रायु॑धा अब॒लानु॒ग्रबा॑हवः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.19.7

IAST Transliteration

prétā jáyata nara ugrā́ vaḥ santu bāhávaḥ | tīkṣṇéṣavo 'bála-dhanvano hatógrā́yudhā abálā anugrá-bāhavaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Go forth, conquer, O ye men: let your arms be fierce. With arrows keen—while they are weak of bow—let them be smitten in their dreadful weapons, weak, with strength subdued.

Translation

Adelante, venced, oh hombres; que vuestros brazos sean terribles. Con flechas agudas—mientras estén débiles en el arco—sean heridos en sus armas espantosas: débiles, con la fuerza sometida, con los brazos fieros abatidos.

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Word by Word

• प्रेता: gone forth/advanced (as warriors), marching
• प्रेता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-इ (धातु) → प्रेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• जयत: conquer! / be victorious!
• जयत: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)

• नराः: men, warriors
• नराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्राः: fierce, formidable
• उग्राः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सन्तु: let there be / may they be
• सन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• बाहवः: arms
• बाहवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तीक्ष्णेषवः: (those) having sharp arrows / sharp-arrowed
• तीक्ष्णेषवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण-इषु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अबलधन्वनः: (those) whose bow is weak/feeble; weak-bowed (enemies)
• अबलधन्वनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अबल-धन्वन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• हत: struck down, slain
• हत: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)

• उग्रायुधाः: fierce-weaponed
• उग्रायुधाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उग्र-आयुध (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अबलाः: weak, powerless
• अबलाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुग्रबाहवः: with arms hanging down/relaxed; drooping-armed (i.e., defeated)
• अनुग्रबाहवः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अनुग्र-बाहु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Indraic victory-power implicit; primary focus on the host’s arms and the enemy’s disarmament

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra