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Atharva Veda 20.71.1: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 71, Mantra 1

Sukta 71

म॒हां इन्द्रः॑ प॒रश्च॒ नु म॑हि॒त्वम॑स्तु व॒ज्रिणे । द्यौर्न प्र॑थि॒ना शवः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.71.1

mahā́n índraḥ paráś ca nú mahitvám astu vajríṇe | dyaúr ná prathinā́ śávaḥ

Mighty is Indra, yea, farther still; now let majesty be for the Thunderer—his force, like heaven, broad in its expanse.

इंद्र बहुत बड़े हैं। उनकी ताकत और भी आगे तक फैली है। वज्र वाले भगवान की बड़ाई हो। उनकी ताकत आसमान जैसी है, चारों तरफ फैली हुई।

महान्great
महान्:
विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
परःsupreme, beyond
परः:
विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नुindeed, now
नु:
निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
महिgreatly
महि:
विशेषणार्थ-निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि
त्वम्-ness, state; here: greatness
त्वम्:
कर्तृ (अस्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootत्व (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित-भाववाचक)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
वज्रिणेto the wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिणे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःheaven, sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ (द्वितीय-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
उपमान-चिह्न
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रथिनाwith breadth; by expansiveness
प्रथिना:
करण/हेतुविशेषण (विस्तार-प्रकारेण)
TypeNoun (instrumental qualifier)
Rootप्रथिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विस्तार/प्रथन’ अर्थे)
शवःstrength, might
शवः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (अन्त्यपादे; बलार्थक)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra-stotra tradition); in AV 20, many hymns are adopted from RV—specific r̥ṣi attribution follows the RV source-hymn lineage.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/related stotra-meter tradition (as per RV source); AV 20 often preserves RV meters.

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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