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Atharva Veda 20.135.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 14, Sukta 135, Mantra 3

Sukta 135

अला॑बूनि पृ॒षात॑का॒न्यश्व॑त्थ॒पला॑शम्। पिपी॑लिका॒वट॒श्वसो॑ वि॒द्युत्स्वाप॑र्णश॒फो गोश॒फो जरित॒रोऽथामो॑ दै॒व

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.135.3

alā́būni pṛṣā́takāny áśvattha-palā́śam | pipī́likā vaṭa-śvásaḥ vidyút svā́parṇa-śaphó gośaphó jaritaro ’thā́mo daiváḥ

Gourds, and the speckled things; the leaf of the Aśvattha; the ant; the banyan-breath; lightning; the fair-leafed, hoofed one; the cow-hoofed: O Singer—then, the divine raw might.

इस मंत्र में बहुत सारी चीज़ें गिनी हुई हैं, लौकी, चित्ते वाले पेड़, पीपल का पत्ता, चींटी, बरगद की साँस, बिजली, और गाय के खुर वाले जानवर। यह सब काम आते हैं। गायक के पास भगवान की ताकत होती है।

अलाबूनिgourds (bottle-gourds)
अलाबूनि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअलाबू (प्रातिपदिक)
पृषातकानिspeckled ones / a kind of plant (pṛṣātaka)
पृषातकानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृषातक (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वत्थपलाशम्leaf of the aśvattha (sacred fig)
अश्वत्थपलाशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थ-पलाश (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
पिपीलिकावटश्वसःthe ‘ant-banyan-breath’ (a named creature/being; lit. ant + banyan + breath)
पिपीलिकावटश्वसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपिपीलिका-वट-श्वस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
विद्युत्स्वापर्णशफःthe ‘lightning–fair-leaf–hoofed’ one (a named being)
विद्युत्स्वापर्णशफः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत्-स्वापर्ण-शफ (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
गोशफःthe cow-hoofed one
गोशफः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो-शफ (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
जरितरःthe singer/praiser
जरितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जॄ/√जर् ‘to sing/praise’)
अथthen / and now
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अमोAm(a) (a proper/name-like term; exact sense uncertain)
अमो:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअम (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘अमः’ (पाठभेद-संभाव्य)
दैवdivine; a divine (thing/being)
दैव:
—
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदैव (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

Rishi: Tradition aligns AV 20 hymns with Rigvedic attributions; specific r̥ṣi for 20.135 is treated as RV-derived (uncertain here without padānukramaṇī cross-check).

Devata: Deva/Daiva efficacy; broadly sacrificial powers rather than a single deity in this verse.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (catalogue line); AV 20 often preserves RV meters but this segment is not cleanly anuṣṭubh.

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira

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