Atharva Veda 4.20.4 - Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 4 | Sanskrit, Marathi Translation & Meaning | Vedapath

Atharva Veda 4.20.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 4

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तां मे॑ सहस्रा॒क्षो दे॒वो दक्षि॑णे॒ हस्त॒ आ द॑धत्। तया॒हं सर्वं॑ पश्यामि॒ यश्च॑ शू॒द्र उ॒तार्यः॑

IAST Transliteration

tā́ṃ me sahasrākṣó devó dákṣiṇe hásta ā́ dadhat | táyāháṃ sárvaṃ paśyāmi yáś ca śūdrá utā́ryaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Her hath the thousand-eyed God set for me within my right hand. By her I see the whole—both he who is Śūdra and also he who is Ārya.

Translation

सहस्रनेत्र देवाने तिला माझ्यासाठी माझ्या उजव्या हातात स्थापित केले आहे. तिच्याद्वारे मी सर्वांना पाहतो—जो शूद्र आहे आणि जो आर्यही आहे.

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (f.)

मेmy/to me (of me)

सहस्राक्षःthousand‑eyed

देवःthe god

दक्षिणेin/at the right

हस्तेin the hand

आtowards, onto

दधत्placing, putting (holding)

तयाwith that (by her/it)

अहम्I

सर्वम्everything

पश्यामिI see

यःwho

चand

शूद्रःa Śūdra

उतand also

आर्यःan Ārya (noble)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra (as sahasrākṣa) and Devī Oṣadhi as instrument

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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