Atharva Veda 20.127.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 6

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र रे॑भ॒ धीं भ॑रस्व गो॒विदं॑ वसु॒विद॑म्। दे॒व॒त्रेमां वाचं॑ स्रीणी॒हीषु॒र्नावी॑र॒स्तार॑म्

IAST Transliteration

prá rébha dhí̄m bharasva govídaṁ vasuvídam | devatrémā́ṁ vā́caṁ srīṇīhī́ṣur nā́vīr astā́ram ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth, O Singer, bring thou inspired thought, a winner of kine, a winner of goodly wealth. God-ward whet thou this speech—an arrow—(and) a ship with its steersman for the crossing.

Translation

गाने वाले, अपना दिमाग लगाओ और आगे बढ़ो। गाय और धन दोनों मिलेंगे। भगवान की तरफ जाओ, अपनी बात को तीर जैसा बना के चला। जैसे कश्ती में काई वाला होता है, वैसे पार करने का सही तरीका ढूंढो।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward (as preverb)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• रेभ: O singer/chanter (Rebha)
• रेभ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• धीम्: thought, insight, hymn
• धीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरस्व: bear/bring (for yourself), bring forth
• भरस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ

• गोविदम्: finding cows; cow-winning
• गोविदम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोविद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुविदम्: finding wealth; wealth-winning
• वसुविदम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुविद (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवत्रा: god-ward, among/unto the gods
• देवत्रा: Adhikaraṇa (direction/goal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देवत्रा (निपात/अव्यय)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• वाचम्: speech, utterance, hymn
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रीणीही: sharpen/prepare, make ready
• स्रीणीही: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (सृणि/स्रीणि ‘to sharpen, whet, make ready’)

• ईषुः: arrow
• ईषुः: Kartā (of implied action ‘is/stands’ or as instrument prepared)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नावीः: ship, boat
• नावीः: Kartā (apposition to ईषुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नावी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तारम्: spreader/laying-out one; (as epithet) the one who lays out/extends
• अस्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्तार (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तृ ‘to spread/lay’, with privative/augmental a- in lexeme)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Rigvedic attribution (AV 20 parallels RV material); specific r̥ṣi not securely determinable from the provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Vāc / protective-praise directed ‘devatrā’ (god-ward); implicitly the royal-protective divine order.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence typical of RV-style material in AV 20; exact meter requires full pada syllable count with accent text.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta