Atharva Veda 20.130.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 130, Mantra 7

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यवा॑नो यति॒ष्वभिः॑ कुभिः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.130.7

IAST Transliteration

yavā́naḥ yatiṣv abhíḥ kúbhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Barley-armed, among the Yatis, with their crooked devices.

Translation

യവം (ജൗ) ആയുധമായി ധരിച്ചവർ—യതികളിൽ, അവരുടെ വളഞ്ഞ ഉപായങ്ങളോടെ.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• यवानः: barleys (as agents/subjects)
• यवानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यतिषु: among/at the ascetics
• यतिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिः: towards, against (prefixal sense)
• अभिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कुभिः: with bad (means), with evil/defective instruments
• कुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कु (प्रातिपदिक) + भि-प्रत्यय (तृतीया बहुवचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from isolated excerpt (requires full hymn context).

Devata: Not explicit; the target is a human/liminal group (yati) and their means.

Chandas: Indeterminate from a single pāda.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira