Atharva Veda 20.124.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 124, Mantra 3

Sukta 124

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भी षु णः॒ सखी॑नामवि॒ता ज॑रितॄ॒णाम्। श॒तं भ॑वास्यू॒तिभिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.124.3

IAST Transliteration

abhī́ ṣú naḥ sákhīnām avitā́ járitṝṇām | śatáṁ bhavāsy ū́tibhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come kindly unto us—helper of our friends, protector of the praisers; with a hundred succours be thou ours.

Translation

慈しみをもって我らに来たれ――友らの助け手、讃える者らの守護者よ。百の救いの力もて、我らのものとなれ。

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Word by Word

• अभी: towards, unto (intensively: ‘indeed/fully’)
• अभी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• षु: indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (निपात)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सखी॑नाम्: of (our) friends/companions
• सखी॑नाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविता: protector, helper
• अविता: कर्तृ (Kartā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √अव् ‘रक्षणे’)

• जरितॄ॒णाम्: of the singers/praisers (bards)
• जरितॄ॒णाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जर्/√गॄ ‘स्तुतौ’—‘to praise’)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (Karma) / परिमाण
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: be! become!
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)

• ऊतिभिः: with helps/aids, with protections
• ऊतिभिः: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक; √अव्/√व् ‘रक्षणे/सहाय्ये’)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic seer tradition (imported into AV 20); specific r̥ṣi requires AV/RV anukramaṇī alignment.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (to be confirmed against RV source).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira