Atharva Veda 19.13.3: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं॒क्रन्द॑नेनानिमि॒षेण॑ जि॒ष्णुना॑ऽयो॒ध्येन॑ दुश्च्यव॒नेन॑ धृ॒ष्णुना॑ । तदिन्द्रे॑ण जयत॒ तत् स॑हध्वं॒ युधो॑ नर॒ इषु॑हस्तेन॒ वृष्णा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.13.3

IAST Transliteration

saṃkrándanena animíṣeṇa jiṣṇúnā ’yódhyena duścyavanéna dhṛṣṇúnā | tád índreṇa jayata tát sahadhvaṃ yúdhō nara íṣuhastena vṛ́ṣṇā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the battle-roarer, by the unblinking, by the victorious; by the unconquerable, the hard-to-dislodge, the bold—by Indra conquer that; to that unite ye, O men, in the battles, with the bull, the arrow-handed.

Translation

Yeh mantra Indra ki taqat batata hai. Woh yuddh mein zor se chillata hai aur aankhen nahi jhapkata. Woh jeeta hai aur koi use hara nahi sakta. Woh dushman ko hata nahi sakta aur bahut bahadur hai. Indra ke saath tum bhi jeeto. Yuddh mein Indra ke saath raho, woh teer chalata hai aur bail jaisa hai.

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Word by Word

• संक्रन्दनेन: with the war-cry / with the roar
• संक्रन्दनेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; सं-√क्रन्द ‘to cry out/roar’)

• अनिमिषेण: with the unblinking (one)
• अनिमिषेण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिमिष (प्रातिपदिक; a-nimiṣa ‘unblinking’)

• जिष्णुना: with the victorious (one)
• जिष्णुना: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √जि ‘to conquer’)

• अयोध्येन: with the invincible (one)
• अयोध्येन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयोध्य (प्रातिपदिक; a-yodhya ‘unassailable/not to be fought’)

• दुश्च्यवनेन: with the hard-to-dislodge (one)
• दुश्च्यवनेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुश्च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; dus- + √च्यु ‘to move/fall’)

• धृष्णुना: with the bold/daring (one)
• धृष्णुना: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृष ‘to dare/be bold’)

• तत्: that (power/aid)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जयत: win! / conquer!
• जयत: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जयति)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहध्वम्: join together / act in concert
• सहध्वम्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह (अव्यय) + √धा (धत्ते/धत्त)

• युधः: of battle / of the fight
• युधः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fighter/warrior’)

• नरः: O men / men
• नरः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषुहस्तेन: with (his) arrow-in-hand
• इषुहस्तेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इषुहस्त (प्रातिपदिक; इषु ‘arrow’ + हस्त ‘hand’)

• वृष्णा: with the mighty/bull-like (one)
• वृष्णा: करण
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull, mighty one’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (victory-hymn complex)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (exhortative martial register)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra