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Atharva Veda 19.20.3: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

Sukta 20

यत् ते त॒नूष्वन॑ह्यन्त दे॒वा द्युरा॑जयो दे॒हिनः॑ । इन्द्रो॒ यच्चक्रे वर्म॒ तद॒स्मान् पा॑तु वि॒श्वतः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.20.3

yát te tanū́ṣv anáhyanta devā́ dyurā́jayo dehínaḥ | índro yác cakré várma tád asmā́n pātu viśvátaḥ

What on thy bodies the Gods, the sky-swaying, bound fast for the embodied; what armour Indra forged—let that protect us from all sides.

देवताओं ने अपने शरीर पर कवच बांधे थे। वो आसमान वाले देवता थे और इंसानों के लिए यह किया। इंद्र ने भी एक कवच बनाया था। वो कवच मुझे चारों तरफ से बचाए।

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धेन ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तनूषुin (your) bodies
तनूषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
अनह्यन्तthey bound / fastened
अनह्यन्त:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनह् (धातु; ‘बन्धने/आबद्धे’) + अनु-
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
द्युराजयःsky-radiant / shining like the sky
द्युराजयः:
Kartā (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective (epithet) / Noun
Rootद्युराजि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्यौः-राजि’/‘द्युराजि’ = sky-radiance, heavenly splendour)
देहिनःembodied ones
देहिनः:
Kartā (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेहिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘देह-वत्’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
Karma (चक्रे इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चक्रेmade / fashioned
चक्रे:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु; ‘करणे’)
वर्मarmour, protective covering
वर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्मन् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (same)
तत्:
Kartā (पातु इत्यस्य) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पातुmay (it) protect
पातु:
Kriyā (आशीर्वचन/प्रार्थना)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘रक्षणे’)
विश्वतःfrom all sides / on every side
विश्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa (परितः/सर्वदिक्-सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra (as maker of armor) with the collective Devas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas with extended compounds)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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