Atharva Veda 20.130.8: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 130, Mantra 8
Sukta 130
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अकु॑प्यन्तः॒ कुपा॑यकुः
IAST Transliteration
ákupyantaḥ kupā́yakuḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Unshaken, they devised disturbance.
Translation
यह लोग हिलते नहीं, पक्के रहते हैं। लेकिन इन्होंने गड़बड़ पैदा करने का सोचा है। अपने इरादे से काम करने लगे।
Word by Word
अकुप्यन्तःnot becoming angry; unangered; unprovoked
अकुप्यन्तः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदं—‘they’ as agents)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootकुप्य (धातु) ← कुप् (क्रुध्यर्थे/कोपने) + य (यङ्/य-प्रत्ययः) ; नकार-प्रत्ययः ‘अ-’ (निषेध) ; प्रातिपदिकम्: अकुप्यन्त्
कुपायकुः(those) using evil means/stratagems; plotters
कुपायकुः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदं—same referents as previous word)
TypeAdjective/Noun (agentive/descriptor)
Rootकुपाय (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘कुपाय’ = कुपथ/दुष्प्रयोग/कुटिलोपाय ‘evil device/stratagem’) + कु (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययः/नामधात्वर्थः; बहुव्रीहिसदृश-विशेषणनिर्माणम्) → कुपाय-कु
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from isolated excerpt.
Devata: Not explicit; functional focus on firmness vs. disturbance.
Chandas: Indeterminate from a single pāda.
Mantra Rasa
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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