Atharva Veda 20.39.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 2

Sukta 39

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्य॑१न्तरि॑क्षमतिर॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्य रोच॒ना। इन्द्रो॒ यदभि॑नद् व॒लम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.39.2

IAST Transliteration

ví antárikṣam atiran máde sómasya rocanā́ | índro yád abhinad válam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth through the mid-air they passed, in Soma’s rapture, to the shining realms—when Indra clave the Vala fastness.

Translation

Ils passèrent en avant à travers l’espace intermédiaire, dans l’ivresse du Soma, vers les domaines lumineux — lorsque Indra fendit la forteresse de Vala.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the mid-air, atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिरन्: they passed over / crossed
• अतिरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + √ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / √रि- (गतौ) (धातु)

• मदे: in intoxication, in exhilaration
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोचना: the shining lights / radiant realms
• रोचना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचना (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘to shine’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, against (prefix/adverb)
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अभिनत्: he roared against / thundered at
• अभिनत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √नद् (नद् शब्दे) (धातु)

• वलम्: Vala (the cave/enclosure; demon/obstruction)
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra (with Soma as empowering adjunct)

Chandas: Ṛgvedic praise-meter; exact meter requires full stanza context.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira