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Atharva Veda 2.20.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

Sukta 20

वायो॒ यत् ते॒ऽर्चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रत्य॑र्च॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.20.3

vā́yo yát te ’rcís ténā táṃ práty àrca yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

O Vāyu, with that flame of thine, shine thou back upon him—who hateth us, whom we do hate.

हे वायू! तुझ्या त्या अग्निकिरणाने (अर्चिस्)—प्रतिउज्ज्वल होऊन त्याच्यावरच प्रकाश टाक—जो आमचा द्वेष करतो, आणि ज्याचा आम्ही द्वेष करतो.

वायोO Vāyu (Wind-god)
वायो:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्that which
यत्:
कर्म (अन्तर्निहित: ‘यत्…’ = ‘that which’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (स्वामित्व)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चिःflame, ray, brilliance
अर्चिः:
कर्तृ (अस्ति-लोपे: ‘ते अर्चिः’ = ‘your flame/ray is’)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtowards, against
प्रति:
दिशा/सम्बन्ध (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अर्चworship/shine upon (you should direct your flame)
अर्च:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्विष्मःhate
द्विष्मः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn; commonly treated as Atharvan/Āṅgirasa milieu)

Devata: Vāyu (as fiery-radiant counterforce; wind as bearer of tejas)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; metrical confirmation depends on pada-counting with saṃhitā sandhi resolution)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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