Atharva Veda 20.82.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 82, Mantra 2

Sukta 82

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिक्षे॑य॒मिन्म॑हय॒ते दि॒वेदि॑वे रा॒य आ कु॑हचि॒द्विदे॑ । न॒हि त्वद॒न्यन्म॑घवन् न॒ आप्यं॒ वस्यो॒ अस्ति॑ पि॒ता च॒न

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.82.2

IAST Transliteration

śíkṣeyam ín mahayáte divé-dive rāyá ā́ kuhacíd vidé | náhi tvád anyán maghavan ná ā́pyam vásyo ásti pitā́ caná ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May I, yea, win day after day from the Great One riches from whatever quarter they be found. For, bounteous Maghavan, apart from thee there is no other better boon attainable—no, not even a father’s.

Translation

मुझे रोज़-रोज़ बड़े आदमी से धन मिलता रहे, कहीं से भी आए। हे दान देने वाले मघवन, तुझसे अलग कोई और अच्छा चीज़ नहीं है। न कोई बाप जैसा, न कोई और, सब तुझसे कम है।

The meaning

What it says

May I win day after day riches from the Great One, from whatever quarter they be found. For, bountiful Indra, apart from you there is no other better boon attainable—not even a father’s.

The inner meaning

A practice of sustained receptivity: prosperity is not a one-time event but a daily flow. The verse redirects dependence from limited human supports to the archetype of abundance and capability (Indra), reducing anxiety about scarcity.

The truth in it

Consistent prosperity comes from aligning with the deepest source of capability and opportunity; when trust is well-placed, resources can arrive from many directions.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Paustika (Prosperity)

Its aim

To obtain recurring wealth from Indra as the unrivalled source of ‘better goods,’ strengthening the patron’s confidence and dependence on the rite.

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Pada patha

शिक्षेयम् । इन् । महयते । दिवे-दिवे । रायः । आ । कुहचित् । विदे । नहि । त्वत् । अन्यत् । मघवन् । न । आप्यम् । वस्यः । अस्ति । पिता । चन

शिक्षेयम्

may I learn / may I be trainedmay I learn/acquire; to gain skill or obtain (boon) by instruction/disciplineVerbलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KartāRoot √शिक्ष्

इत्

indeed, justIndeclinableनिपातः (अव्ययम्)Root इत् (निपात) अथवा इद् (एव)

महयते

(he) magnifies / is great / exaltsto the great one / to him who magnifies; (dat./loc. sense) indicating Indra as ‘the magnified’ or ‘magnifier’Verbलट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्Role KartāRoot √मह् (महयति/महयते)

दिवे

for the day / on the dayNounस्त्रीलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot दिव्

दिवे

day by day (lit. for day, for day)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्गम्, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot दिव्

रायः

of wealth, of bountywealth, riches; especially cattle/booty and sustaining resourcesNounस्त्रीलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot राय्

आ

towards, untounto, toward; directional preverb of approach/attainmentIndeclinableउपसर्गः/निपातःRoot आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

कुहचित्

anywhere, somewherewhencesoever, from anywhere; unrestricted source of gainIndeclinableअव्ययम् (अनिश्चित-स्थानवाचकः)Role AdhikaraṇaRoot कुह (अव्यय) + चित्

विदे

(he) knows / findsI may find/obtain; from √vid ‘to find/know’ in optative senseVerbलट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्Role KartāRoot √विद्

नहि

for not / indeed notfor not, indeed not; strong denialIndeclinableनिषेध-निपातः + हेत्वर्थक-निपातःRoot न + हि (निपातौ)

त्वत्

than you / from youthan thee, apart from thee; ablative of separationPronounपञ्चमी, एकवचनम्Role ApādānaRoot युष्मद्

अन्यत्

anything else, another (thing)other; any alternative sourceAdjective (used substantively)नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot अन्य

मघवन्

O bountiful one (Maghavan)O bountiful one; Indra as liberal giverNoun (vocative epithet)पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्Root मघवन्

न

notnot; negationIndeclinableनिषेधःRoot न (निपात)

आप्यम्

attainable, obtainableto be attained/obtained; ‘attainable good’ (āpyá)Adjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot आप्य

वस्यः

better, more excellentbetter good, more excellent boon; comparative of ‘vasu’ (good/wealth)Adjective (comparative)नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot वस्यस्

अस्ति

isis; existential assertionVerbलट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KartāRoot √अस्

पिता

fatherfather; even a father (as best benefactor) is invoked for comparisonNounपुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot पितृ

चन

even (not), not eveneven; enclitic emphasizing ‘even father (cannot surpass)’Indeclinableसमुच्चय/अपि-अर्थकः च + न (निषेध-सहचरः)Root च + न (निपातौ)

Sandhi Notes

• (1) म्+इ → मि in शिक्षेयम्+इत् = शिक्षेयमित्
• (2) दिवे+दिवे is repetition (no further sandhi)
• (3) कुहचित्+विदे → कुहचिद्विदे (त् + व → द् व, voicing in saṃhitā)
• (4) त्वत्+अन्यत् → त्वदन्यत् (final त् voiced before vowel)
• (5) च+न → चन (particle cluster)

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

RV-derived seer attribution (AV 20 borrowing); depends on RV locus.

Devata

Indra (Maghavan)

Chandas

Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence is possible in RV originals; AV transmission here is treated as a stuti verse—meter requires edition-based scansion.

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Shringara and Shanta

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