Atharva Veda 20.28.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 2

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् गा आ॑ज॒दङ्गि॑रोभ्य आ॒विष्कृ॒ण्वन् गुहा॑ स॒तीः । अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ नुनुदे व॒लम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.28.2

IAST Transliteration

úd gā́ ā́jat áṅgirobhya āvíṣ-kṛṇvan gúhā satī́ḥ | arvā́ñcaṃ nunude válam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He drave the Cows forth for the Aṅgirases, making them manifest from caves wherein they lay; hitherward he thrust away the Vala.

Translation

അവൻ അങ്ഗിരസുകൾക്കായി പശുക്കളെ പുറത്തേക്കു ഓടിച്ചു—ഗുഹകളിൽ ഒളിഞ്ഞുകിടന്നവയെ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിക്കൊണ്ട്; ഇവിടെവഴി വല (Vala)നെ അകറ്റിത്തള്ളി.

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Word by Word

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / √इ (गत्यर्थ) (क्रियायोगे)

• गा: sing!
• गा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गाने)

• आजद्: he drove/impelled
• आजद्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अज् (गत्यर्थ/क्षेपणार्थ)

• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: to the Aṅgirases
• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आविष्कृण्वन्: making manifest, revealing
• आविष्कृण्वन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविस् (अव्यय) + √कृ (करणे) → कृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• गुहाः: caves, hiding-places
• गुहाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सतीः: being (there), existing
• सतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त of √अस् ‘to be’) → सती (स्त्री)

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned toward (us), facing this way
• अर्वाञ्चम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नुनुदे: he has thrust away/repelled
• नुनुदे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नुद् (प्रेरणे/अपसारणे)

• वलम्: Vala (the demon/obstacle), enclosure
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (Aṅgiras/Indra-Vala mythic complex; AV 20 reuse)

Devata: Indra (with Aṅgirases as mythic beneficiaries)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta