Atharva Veda 20.122.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 122, Mantra 3

Sukta 122

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यद् दुवः॑ शतक्रत॒वा कामं॑ जरितॄ॒णाम्। ऋ॒णोरक्षं॒ न शची॑भिः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.122.3

IAST Transliteration

ā́ yád dúvaḥ śatakrato ā́ kā́maṃ jaritṝṇā́m | ṛṇórakṣáṃ na śácībhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When, O Śatakratu, worship draws thee hither to the singers’ wish, then with thy puissant powers thou unbarrest the warding hindrance.

Translation

Apabila, wahai Śatakratu, ibadat menarikmu ke mari menurut hajat para penyanyi, maka dengan kuasa-mu yang perkasa engkau membuka halangan pengawal itu.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• यत्: that (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुवः: service, worship
• दुवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दु (धातु) → दुवस् (नाम/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘worship/service’)

• शतक्रतवा: O hundred-powered (Indra)
• शतक्रतवा: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरितॄणाम्: of the praisers
• जरितॄणाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer/praiser’)

• ऋणोः: you reach / you attain
• ऋणोः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋ (धातु; ‘to go/attain’) → ऋणोति (वेदिक)

• अक्षम्: axle; (also) eye/die (context: axle)
• अक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• शचीभिः: with (your) powers/skills
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘power, skill’; also Indra’s powers)

Attribution

Rishi: RV source attribution (as per the underlying RV hymn in the Indra corpus).

Devata: Indra (Śatakratu).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta