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Atharva Veda 3.19.7: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 7

Sukta 19

प्रेता॒ जय॑ता नर उ॒ग्रा वः॑ सन्तु बा॒हवः॑ । ती॒क्ष्णेष॑वोऽब॒लध॑न्वनो हतो॒ग्रायु॑धा अब॒लानु॒ग्रबा॑हवः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.19.7

prétā jáyata nara ugrā́ vaḥ santu bāhávaḥ | tīkṣṇéṣavo 'bála-dhanvano hatógrā́yudhā abálā anugrá-bāhavaḥ ||

Go forth, conquer, O ye men: let your arms be fierce. With arrows keen—while they are weak of bow—let them be smitten in their dreadful weapons, weak, with strength subdued.

മുന്നോട്ട് പുറപ്പെടുവിൻ, ജയിക്കുവിൻ, ഹേ പുരുഷന്മാരേ; നിങ്ങളുടെ ബാഹുക്കൾ ഉഗ്രമായിരിക്കട്ടെ. തീക്ഷ്ണ അമ്പുകളോടെ—ധനുസ്സിൽ ദുർബലരായവരെ—അവരുടെ ഭയങ്കര ആയുധങ്ങളോടുകൂടി പ്രഹരിച്ചു സംഹരിക്കുവിൻ; ദുർബലരെ, ബലം അടക്കി, ഉഗ്രബാഹുക്കൾകൊണ്ട് കീഴടക്കുവിൻ.

प्रेताgone forth/advanced (as warriors), marching
प्रेता:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-इ (धातु) → प्रेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
जयतconquer! / be victorious!
जयत:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजि (धातु)
नराःmen, warriors
नराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
उग्राःfierce, formidable
उग्राः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / for you
वः:
Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सन्तुlet there be / may they be
सन्तु:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
बाहवःarms
बाहवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
तीक्ष्णेषवः(those) having sharp arrows / sharp-arrowed
तीक्ष्णेषवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतीक्ष्ण-इषु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अबलधन्वनः(those) whose bow is weak/feeble; weak-bowed (enemies)
अबलधन्वनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअबल-धन्वन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
हतstruck down, slain
हत:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
उग्रायुधाःfierce-weaponed
उग्रायुधाः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउग्र-आयुध (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अबलाःweak, powerless
अबलाः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअबल (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुग्रबाहवःwith arms hanging down/relaxed; drooping-armed (i.e., defeated)
अनुग्रबाहवः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअनुग्र-बाहु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Indraic victory-power implicit; primary focus on the host’s arms and the enemy’s disarmament

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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