Atharva Veda 4.20.5 - Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 5 | Sanskrit, Spanish Translation & Meaning | Vedapath

Atharva Veda 4.20.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒विष्कृ॑णुष्व रू॒पाणि॒ मात्मान॒मप॑ गूहथाः । अथो॑ सहस्रचक्षो॒ त्वं प्रति॑ पश्याः किमी॒दिनः॑

IAST Transliteration

āvíṣkṛṇuṣva rūpā́ṇi mā́tmā́nam ápa gūhathāḥ | átho sahasracakṣo tváṃ práti paśyāḥ kīmīdínaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make thou the forms manifest; hide not thine own self away. Moreover, O thousand-eyed, do thou look forth, confronting the Kīmīdins.

Translation

Haz manifiestas las formas; no te ocultes a ti mismo. Y también, oh de mil ojos, mira hacia fuera, haciendo frente a los Kīmīdin.

Word by Word

आविष्कृणुष्वmake (them) manifest / reveal

रूपाणिforms, appearances

माdo not

आत्मानम्yourself

अपaway, off

गूहथाःhide, conceal

अथोand then / moreover

सहस्रचक्षोO thousand-eyed one

त्वम्you

प्रतिtowards, in return / directly

पश्याःmay you see / look

किमीदिनःof the ‘what-sort/strange’ ones (i.e., of the suspicious/unknown beings)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often ascribed to Atharvan/Angiras line for rakṣoghna hymns; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Oṣadhi (the herb) as personified revealer; secondarily rakṣas/piśāca as targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for Atharvanic charms)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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