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Atharva Veda 20.24.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 6

Sukta 24

वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यं वाजे॑षु दधृ॒षं क॑वे । अधा॑ ते सु॒म्नमी॑महे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.24.6

vidmá hí tvā dhanaṃjáyaṃ vā́jeṣu dadhṛṣáṃ kavé | ádhā te sumnám īmahe ||

For we know thee, wealth-winner, daring in the prize-contests, O sage: therefore thy favour do we implore.

हम जानते हैं कि इंद्र धन जीता है और लड़ाई में आगे रहता है। वो बहुत समझदार है। इसलिए हम उससे भीख माँग रहे हैं कि वो हमारे काम आए। उसकी कृपा से काम बनेगा।

विद्मwe know
विद्म:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
हिindeed / for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धनंजयम्Dhanañjaya (conqueror of wealth)
धनंजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootधनंजय (प्रातिपदिक; उपाधि/नाम)
वाजेषुin contests / in races / in battles
वाजेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
दधृषम्I have been bold / (as) bold, daring
दधृषम्:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb (used adjectivally) / Participle-like finite form
Root√धृष् (धृषँ साहसे/धर्षणे)
कवेO sage/poet (seer)
कवे:
Sampradāna (addressed) / (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
अथthen / now
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (निपात)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुम्नम्favor, grace, blessing
सुम्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek / we request
ईमहे:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यमँ उपरमे/धारणे) with desiderative/precative-like Vedic usage in middle; idiom: ईमहे = ‘we seek/request’

Rishi: Rigvedic seer-tradition (AV 20 transmission)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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