Atharva Veda 20.21.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ अमद॒न् तानि॒ वृष्ण्या॒ ते सोमा॑सो वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु सत्पते । यत् का॒रवे॒ दश॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ति ब॒र्हिष्म॑ते॒ नि स॒हस्रा॑णि ब॒र्हयः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.21.6

IAST Transliteration

té tvā mádā amadan tā́ni vṛ́ṣṇyā té sómāso vṛtra-hátyeṣu satpate | yát kāráve dáśa vṛtrā́ṇy apráti bárhiṣmate ní sahásrāṇi bárhayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those raptures have exhilarated thee—those virile (powers), those Soma-pressings—in the slayings of Vṛtra, O lord of the true. When, for the singer, thou didst (overthrow) ten Vṛtras, irresistible; (when) for him of the sacred grass, thousands of barhis-stalks (were laid down).

Translation

Indra Soma peete hain aur khush ho jaate hain. Unmein taakat aati hai. Jab Vritra naam ka rakshas mara gaya, tab Indra ne bahut bada kaam kiya. Rishiyon ke liye unhone das Vritra mar diye. Aur phir hazaaron logon ne puja ki.

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Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाः: intoxicating draughts / exhilarations
• मदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमदन्: intoxicated / exhilarated
• अमदन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृष्ण्याः: bull-like, mighty
• वृष्ण्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृष्णि-सम्बन्धिन्/वीर्यवत्’)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमासः: Soma-juices
• सोमासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रहत्येषु: in the Vṛtra-slayings (battles)
• वृत्रहत्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रहत्य (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र-हत्य ‘slaying of Vṛtra’)

• सत्पते: O true lord / good master
• सत्पते: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सत्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when / since / that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कारवे: to the singer/poet
• कारवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दश: ten
• दश: (विशेषण)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्राणि: Vṛtras / obstructers
• वृत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रति: irresistibly / without opposition
• अप्रति: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-प्रति (उपसर्ग/निपात; ‘without resistance’)

• बर्हिष्मते: to the one possessing sacred grass / to the altar-possessor
• बर्हिष्मते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: बर्हिष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, forth (as preverb)
• नि: (क्रियायोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हयः: sacrificial grasses / strewn grasses
• बर्हयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हि/बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sacred grass, litter’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra cycle seer (AV 20 anthology).

Devata: Indra (Soma as enabling power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta