Atharva Veda 20.12.1: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 1

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यो विश्वा॑नि॒ शव॑सा त॒तानो॑पश्रो॒ता म॒ ईव॑तो॒ वचां॑सि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.12.1

IAST Transliteration

ā yó víśvāni śávāsā tatā́nopaśróta mā ívato vácāṃsi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither—he who by his might hath stretched abroad all things—let him, the near-hearer, hearken to my words, to me who come seeking aid.

Translation

वो आए जो अपनी ताकत से सब कुछ फैला के रखता है। मेरी बात सुनो, मैं मदद माँगने आया हूँ।

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/समस्त)

• शवसा: with might; by strength
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (बल)

• ततान: has stretched/spread
• ततान: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन् (धातु)

• उपश्रोता: a listener; one who listens attentively
• उपश्रोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: उप-श्रु (धातु) → श्रोतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to/for me; of me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ईवतः: of the approaching one (i.e., of me as I come/seek)
• ईवतः: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle-like
• Root: ईवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going/approaching’)

• वचांसि: words; utterances
• वचांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (वचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic seer-tradition (source-hymn dependent)

Devata: Indra (by RV/AV 20 context)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (contextual; this pāda is a triṣṭubh segment)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta