Atharva Veda 20.27.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 2

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शिक्षे॑यमस्मै॒ दित्से॑यं॒ शची॑पते मनी॒षिणे॑ । यद॒हं गोप॑तिः॒ स्याम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.27.2

IAST Transliteration

śíkṣeyam asmai dítsēyaṃ śacī́pate manīṣíṇe | yád aháṃ gopátiḥ syām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May I gain skill; may I bestow for him—O Lord of Śacī, wise in counsel—so that I may become a lord of cows.

Translation

ഞാൻ നൈപുണ്യം നേടട്ടെ; അവനു ദാനം ചെയ്യട്ടെ—ഹേ ശചീപതേ, മണീഷി (വിവേകി)—ഞാൻ ഗോപതി (ഗോവുകളുടെ അധിപൻ) ആകുവാൻ.

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Word by Word

• शिक्षेयम्: may I learn / may I be trained
• शिक्षेयम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिक्ष् (शिक्षा-; ‘to learn/teach, train’)

• अस्मै: for him / to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दित्सेयम्: may I wish to give / may I give
• दित्सेयम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने) (इच्छार्थे: दित्स- ‘desire to give’)

• शचीपते: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• शचीपते: (Sambोधन) संबोधितः
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शचीपति (प्रातिपदिकम्; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• मनीषिणे: to/for the wise one
• मनीषिणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• यत्: that which / because
• यत्: (Clause-linker)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (अस्मद्)

• गोपतिः: lord/protector of cattle
• गोपतिः: (Predicate-nominative) विधेय-नाम
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपति (गो + पति)

• स्याम्: may I be
• स्याम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/अस्; ‘to be’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra-stuti seer (specific attribution depends on RV parallel).

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; RV stotra form).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira