Atharva Veda 20.135.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 14, Sukta 135, Mantra 6

Sukta 135

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदि॑त्या ह जरितरङ्गि॑रोभ्यो॒ दक्षि॑णाम॒नय॑न्। तां ह॑ जरितः॒ प्रत्या॑यं॒स्तामु ह॑ जरितः॒ प्रत्या॑यन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.135.6

IAST Transliteration

ādityā́ ha jaritar aṅgírobhyo dákṣiṇām ánayan | tā́m ha jaritaḥ prátyā́yan tā́m u ha jaritaḥ prátyā́yan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Ādityas, verily, O Singer, conveyed the sacrificial fee unto the Aṅgirases. That fee, indeed, O Singer, they brought back again; that, moreover, O Singer, they brought back again.

Translation

आदित्य ने गायक के लिए अंगिरा रिशियों को यज्ञ का दान दिया। फिर वो दान वापिस ले आए, गायक ने उसें वापिस ले लिया।

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Word by Word

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed/just
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• जरितः: of the singer/praiser
• जरितः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: to the Aṅgirases
• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणाम्: a sacrificial fee/gift
• दक्षिणाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनयन्: they led/brought
• अनयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)

• ताम्: that (gift/her)
• ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• जरितः: O singer/praiser
• जरितः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: back/again; towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आयम्: they came/returned
• आयम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

• ताम्: that (gift/her)
• ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: and/also; indeed
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• जरितः: O singer/praiser
• जरितः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: back/again; towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आयन्: they came/returned
• आयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (uncertain here without anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Ādityas (as guarantors of ṛta and rightful distribution).

Chandas: RV-style narrative meter; repetition suggests a refrain-driven liturgical unit.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta