Atharva Veda 19.13.7: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि गो॒त्राणि॒ सह॑सा॒ गाह॑मानोऽदा॒य उ॒ग्रः श॒तम॑न्यु॒रिन्द्रः॑ । दु॒श्च्य॒व॒नः पृ॑तना॒षाड॑यो॒ध्यो३ऽस्माकं॒ सेना॑ अवतु॒ प्र यु॒त्सु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.13.7

IAST Transliteration

abhí gótrāṇi sáhasā gáhāmāno’dāyá ugráḥ śatá-manyúr índraḥ | duś-cyavanáḥ pṛtanā-ṣā́ḍ ayódhyo’smā́kaṃ sénā avatu prá yútsu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra, fierce, of a hundred battle-rages, unassailable, plunging with might against the clans; hard to dislodge, host-crushing, unconquerable—let him protect our armies, forward in the fights.

Translation

Indra bahut taakatwala hai, sau ladaiyon mein ghoom chuka hai. Woh dushmanon ke khandan pe zor se toot padta hai. Koi use hila nahi sakta, woh sena ko tod deta hai. Humari sena ki raksha kare jab bhi ladai ho.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, against, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• गोत्राणि: cow-stalls; enclosures; clans
• गोत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसा: with force, by might
• सहसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाहमानः: entering, plunging into
• गाहमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गाह् (धातु) → गाहमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, आत्मनेपद)

• अदाय: having taken, seizing
• अदाय: Karaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आदाय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त)

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

• शतमन्युः: of a hundred wrathful powers; very wrathful
• शतमन्युः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)

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

• दुश्च्यवनः: hard to dislodge; unshakable
• दुश्च्यवनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्-च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)

• पृतनाषाट्: conqueror of battles
• पृतनाषाट्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृतना-षाह् (धातु √षह् ‘to overcome’) → षाट् (क्विप्/क्विन्-प्रत्यय; ‘षाह्’ से)

• अयोध्यः: unassailable, not to be fought down
• अयोध्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-योध्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-तत्पुरुष)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सेनाः: armies, forces
• सेनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवतु: may (he) protect
• अवतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु) (पालने/रक्षणे)

• प्र: forth, forward; strongly
• प्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• युत्सु: in battles, in fights
• युत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (धातु) → युत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘युत्’ = युद्ध) / युत्सु (सप्तमी बहुवचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (late AV victory liturgy; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV martial style; mixed/irregular in Book 19)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra