Atharva Veda 4.32.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 3

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भीऽहि मन्यो त॒वस॒स्तवी॑या॒न् तप॑सा यु॒जा वि ज॑हि॒ शत्रू॑न्। अ॒मि॒त्र॒हा वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑स्यु॒हा च॒ विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्या भ॑रा॒ त्वं नः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.32.3

IAST Transliteration

abhí ’hi manyo tavásas tavī́yān tápasā yujā́ ví jahi śátrūn | amitrá-hā vṛtrá-hā dasyú-hā ca víśvā vásūny ā́ bharā tváṃ naḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Advance hither, O Manyu, mightier than the mighty; yoked with burning ardour, smite the foes asunder. Foe-slayer, Vṛtra-slayer, Dasyu-slayer also—bring thou unto us all manner of riches.

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Word by Word

• अभीहि: come hither / approach
• अभीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + इ (√इ ‘गच्छ’)

• मन्यो: O Wrath (personified)
• मन्यो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तवसः: of strength / of might
• तवसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तवीयान्: stronger, mightier
• तवीयान्: विशेषण (मन्यु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तवस् → तवीयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: with austerity / with ardour
• तपसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजा: as a yoked companion / in harness
• युजा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoke/companion’, instr.)

• वि: apart, asunder; intensifier
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• जहि: strike down / slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् ‘to slay’

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्रहा: slayer of foes
• अमित्रहा: विशेषण (मन्यु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्र + हन् (कृदन्त-समास; ‘enemy-slayer’)

• वृत्रहा: slayer of Vṛtra / obstacle-slayer
• वृत्रहा: विशेषण (मन्यु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्र + हन् (कृदन्त-समास)

• दस्युहा: slayer of Dasyus / hostile beings
• दस्युहा: विशेषण (मन्यु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दस्यु + हन् (कृदन्त-समास)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: विशेषण (वसूनि-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वसूनि: goods, riches
• वसूनि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither; in
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरा: bring / bestow
• भरा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ ‘to bear, bring’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for us; our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Angiras/Atharvanic seers; in RV parallels, Manyu-hymns are ascribed to seers of the Bharadvāja/Angiras sphere (assignment varies by anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Manyu (personified Wrath; Indra-like battle power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style martial cadence; Atharvanic reuse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra