Atharva Veda 20.11.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 3

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्रम॑वृणो॒च्छर्ध॑नीतिः॒ प्र मा॒यिना॑ममिना॒द् वर्प॑णीतिः । अह॒न् व्यंसमु॒शध॒ग् वने॑ष्वा॒विर्धेना॑ अकृणोद् रा॒म्याणा॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.11.3

IAST Transliteration

índro vṛtrám avṛṇoc chárdhanītiḥ prá māyínām aminād várpaṇītiḥ | áhann vyàṃsam uśádhag váneṣv āvír dhénā akṛṇod rāmyā́ṇām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra laid open Vṛtra, as leader of the host; forth he crushed the wiles of the crafty, with smiting power. He slew the crooked one, scorching him in the forests; he made the milch-cows manifest, for the pleasant habitations.

Translation

इंद्र ने वृत्र को खोल दिया, सेना के सरदार की तरह। चालबाजों की चाल को कुचल दिया, मार के। उसने टेढ़े लोगों को मारा, जंगल में जला के। गइयाँ दिख दी, अच्छे घर के लिए।

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructor)
• वृत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवृणोत्: overcame / struck down
• अवृणोत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति ‘to choose/cover/ward off’; here ‘to smite/overcome’ in Vedic usage)

• शर्धनीतिः: (he) of battle-guidance / leader of the host
• शर्धनीतिः: कर्तृ (इन्द्रस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धनीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘host/army-leading, battle-guidance’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मायिनाम्: of the sorcerers / of the illusionists
• मायिनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमिनात्: he damaged / destroyed
• अमिनात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मि/मीन् (मिनाति ‘to diminish, damage, destroy’)

• वर्पणीतिः: (he) of mighty form / of splendid appearance
• वर्पणीतिः: कर्तृ (इन्द्रस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्पणीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘form/beauty/shape; (power of) appearance’)

• अहन्: he slew
• अहन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)

• व्यम्: widely / in the open expanse
• व्यम्: कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: व्यम् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘spreading/expanse’; used adverbially/accusative)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• उशधक्: the burning one / the consuming (force)
• उशधक्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उशधक् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic, ‘burning/consuming’; often of fire/heat)

• वनेषु: in the forests
• वनेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आविः: manifestly, openly
• आविः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविस्/आविः (अव्यय)

• धेनाः: cows
• धेनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकृणोत्: he made / he caused
• अकृणोत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति ‘to make, do’)

• राम्याणाम्: of the pleasant (things/places)
• राम्याणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: राम्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pleasant, delightful’)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (AV 20 RV-adoption; r̥ṣi per RV source hymn)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra