Atharva Veda 6.86.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 3

Sukta 86

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स॒म्राड॒स्यसु॑राणां क॒कुन्म॑नु॒ष्याऽणाम्। दे॒वाना॑मर्ध॒भाग॑सि॒ त्वमे॑कवृ॒षो भ॑व

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.86.3

IAST Transliteration

samrā́ḍ asy ásurāṇāṃ kakún manuṣyā̀ṇām | devā́nām ardhabhā́go asi tvám ekavṛṣó bhava

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art the Sovran of the Asuras, the crest and eminence of men. Thou art the Gods’ allotted half-share: do thou become the single Bull, unrivalled.

Translation

നീ അസുരന്മാരുടെ സമ്രാട്; മനുഷ്യരുടെ കകുത്—ശിഖരവും മഹത്വവും. ദേവന്മാരുടെ അർദ്ധഭാഗം—നിയത പങ്ക്—നീ തന്നേ. നീ ഏകവൃഷഭനാകുക, അപരസമൻ, അജേയൻ.

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Word by Word

• सम्राट्: sovereign king, overlord
• सम्राट्: Kartā (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun/Title
• Root: सम्राज् (प्रातिपदिक) < सम् + राज्

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of this’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods (suras)
• सुराणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ककुत्: peak, summit, highest point
• ककुत्: Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate-nominative: ‘(you are) the summit’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्धभागः: half-share, half-portion
• अर्धभागः: Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate-nominative: ‘(you are) the half-share’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध-भाग (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

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

• एकवृषः: the sole bull; the single mighty one
• एकवृषः: Kartā/विशेषण (predicate-nominative: ‘the sole bull/sole strong one’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: एक-वृष (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वृष ‘bull/strong one’)

• भव: be; become
• भव: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (royal-stability corpus; specific r̥ṣi not marked in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Rājya/Sāmrajya (personified sovereignty) / the King as ritual subject

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV political charms)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta