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Atharva Veda 20.71.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 71, Mantra 2

Sukta 71

स॒मो॒हे वा॒ य आश॑त॒ नर॑स्तो॒कस्य॒ सनि॑तौ । विप्रा॑सो वा धिया॒यवः॑

samóhe vā́ yá ā́śata náraḥ tokásya sánitau | víprāso vā dhiyā́yavaḥ

Whether in the shock of onset those men attained it, in the winning of offspring; or whether the inspired priests, the seekers with their thought—

यह बात साफ नहीं कि वो लोग लड़ाई में जीते थे, या बच्चे पैदा करके। या फिर रिशियों ने अपनी बुद्धि से भगवान को पाया।

समोहेin the assembly / in the gathering
समोहे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसमोह (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-√उह्/ऊह् (समूह/समवाय-अर्थे)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशतattained / reached
आशत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (व्याप्तौ/प्राप्तौ) [वैदिक प्रयोग]
नरःmen
नरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
तोकस्यof offspring / of children
तोकस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
सनितौin the gaining / in the winning
सनितौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसनि (प्रातिपदिक) < √सन् (लाभे/प्राप्तौ) → सनि ‘प्राप्ति/लाभ’
विप्रासःinspired sages / priests
विप्रासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
धियायवःthose impelled by insight / inspired ones
धियायवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootधियायू (प्रातिपदिक) < धिया (धी ‘बुद्धि/प्रेरणा’) + आयु/आयु (गमन/प्रवृत्ति) → ‘धी-प्रेरित’

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (as transmitted in AV 20).

Devata: Indra (implicit continuation of Indra-stotra)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/related (per RV source tradition)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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