Atharva Veda 20.71.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 71, Mantra 3

Sukta 71

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः कु॒क्षिः सो॑म॒पात॑मः समु॒द्र इ॑व॒ पिन्व॑ते । उ॒र्वीरापो॒ न का॒कुदः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.71.3

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ kukṣíḥ sómapātamaḥ samudrá iva pínvate | urvī́r ā́po ná kākúdaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He whose belly, the most Soma-drinking, swelleth like the ocean—broad waters, as it were, a rising crest—

Translation

जिसका पेट सोम रस पीता है, वो समुंदर जैसा फूलता है। जैसे समुंदर में पानी भरा है, वैसे ही उसके अंदर ताकत भरी है।

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Word by Word

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

• कुक्षिः: belly; womb; cavity
• कुक्षिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he; that
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमपातमः: the best (most eminent) Soma-drinker
• सोमपातमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (superlative epithet)
• Root: सोमपातम (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा(पिबति) + तम (तमप्-प्रत्ययः))

• समुद्रः: ocean; sea
• समुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• पिन्वते: swells; becomes full; is made to surge
• पिन्वते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिव्/पिन्व् (धातु; पिन्वति = to swell, to make abound; to set in motion)

• उर्वीः: broad; wide (ones)
• उर्वीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• काकुदः: peak; summit; hump/ridge (as a prominent height)
• काकुदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकुद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

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

Devata: Indra (Soma-drinker)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/related (per RV source tradition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira