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Atharva Veda 20.71.16: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 71, Mantra 16

Sukta 71

सु॒तेसु॑ते॒ न्योऽकसे बृ॒हद् बृ॑ह॒त एद॒रिः । इन्द्रा॑य शू॒षम॑र्चति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.71.16

suté-suté ny òkase bṛhád bṛhatá édariḥ | índrā́ya śūṣám arcati

At every Soma-pressing he settles him in his proper seat—the Great, the Great One’s impeller; for Indra he chants the vehement might.

जब भी सोम रस निकलता है, वो अपनी जगह बैठ जाता है। यह बड़ा देवता है जो इंद्र को ताकत देता है। इंद्र के लिए ताकत का गाना गाता है।

सुतेin the pressed Soma (at the Soma-pressing)
सुते:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतेin the pressed Soma
सुते:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
निdown; in; into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
ओकसेto the dwelling/home
ओकसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहत्great
बृहत्:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतःof the great
बृहतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
एदरिःthe singer/praiser (a Vedic epithet/name)
एदरिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootएदरि (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-नाम)
इन्द्रायfor/to Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शूषम्strength; vigor; might
शूषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशूष (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चतिpraises; sings
अर्चति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (Indra-stotra tradition); Atharvavedic Book 20 is a collection of RV-derived hymns (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by underlying RV locus).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagati-type stotra diction (as per RV-style; exact meter depends on underlying RV verse identification)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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