Atharva Veda 20.132.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 14, Sukta 132, Mantra 6

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒ग्रं व॑नि॒षदा॑ततम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.132.6

IAST Transliteration

ugráṃ vaniṣádā́-ātatám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fierce is the Vaniṣadā, stretched forth (and set abroad).

Translation

वनिषदा नाम की चीज़ बहुत तेज़ है। वो ऐसे फैली हुई है जैसे किसी ने उसें पूरा खींच के बिछा दिया हो।

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Word by Word

• उग्रम्: fierce, mighty
• उग्रम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनिषदा: the forest-dweller / forest-sitting (a being/creature associated with the forest)
• वनिषदा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिषदा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वन’ + ‘षद्’ धातु-आधारित नाम)

• आततम्: stretched out, extended, spread
• आततम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
• Root: आ-√तन् (तन्—विस्तारे) → आतत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic material in AV 20; specific r̥ṣi for 20.132 uncertain from the excerpt alone.

Devata: Vaniṣadā (as personified hostile power) / apotropaic speech-force

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda excerpt; likely a fragment of a longer Ṛgvedic meter context.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: raudra