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Atharva Veda 20.97.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 3

Sukta 97

कदू॒ न्व॑१स्याकृ॑त॒मिन्द्र॑स्यास्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म्। केनो॒ नु कं॒ श्रोम॑तेन॒ न शु॑श्रुवे ज॒नुषः॒ परि॑ वृत्र॒हा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.97.3

kadū́ nv asyākṛ́tam índrasyā́sti paúṃsyam | kénó nu káṃ śrómatená ná śuśruve jánuṣaḥ pári vṛtrahā́

When, then, is there (made manifest) the deed of Indra—his manly might? By what report, pray, of whom is it not heard, that the Vr̥tra-slayer surpasses (all) from his very birth?

कब दिखाता है इंद्र का कमाल? उसकी ताकत कब सामने आती है? किसी ने कभी नहीं सुनना कि वो पैदाइशी दुश्मन मारता है? सब जानते हैं कि वो बड़ा है जन्म से ही।

कदूwhen indeed?
कदू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय) + ऊ (निपात/एव) → कदू
नुnow/then (emphatic)
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आकृतम्done, accomplished
आकृतम्:
कर्म (अस्ति इत्यस्य विषयः) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootआ + कृ (धातु) → आकृत (कृदन्त-भूतकृत)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
पौंस्यम्manliness, prowess
पौंस्यम्:
कर्म/विषय (अस्ति इत्यस्य) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootपौंस्य (प्रातिपदिक; पुंस्/पुमान्-सम्बद्ध)
केनby what?
केन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नुthen/indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
कम्whom/what
कम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रोमतेनwith (his) famed/heard-of (power/renown)
श्रोमतेन:
करण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootश्रोमत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘श्रु’ से व्युत्पन्न—श्रवण/कीर्ति-सम्बद्ध)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
शुश्रुवेwas heard/has been heard
शुश्रुवे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) → शुश्रुवे (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट)
जनुषःof birth, of origin
जनुषः:
अपादान/सम्बन्ध (परि इत्यस्य—‘from/around birth’)
TypeNoun
Rootजनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, from all sides
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer (Indra)
वृत्रहा:
कर्तृ (शुश्रुवे इत्यस्य कर्ता—‘वृत्रहा’ इति) / संबोधन-भावः सन्दर्भानुसार
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्)

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (imported into AV 20): Indra-stotra tradition; specific r̥ṣi not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra (Vr̥trahā)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-class (verification needed).

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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