Atharva Veda 19.13.3: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं॒क्रन्द॑नेनानिमि॒षेण॑ जि॒ष्णुना॑ऽयो॒ध्येन॑ दुश्च्यव॒नेन॑ धृ॒ष्णुना॑ । तदिन्द्रे॑ण जयत॒ तत् स॑हध्वं॒ युधो॑ नर॒ इषु॑हस्तेन॒ वृष्णा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.13.3

IAST Transliteration

saṃkrándanena animíṣeṇa jiṣṇúnā ’yódhyena duścyavanéna dhṛṣṇúnā | tád índreṇa jayata tát sahadhvaṃ yúdhō nara íṣuhastena vṛ́ṣṇā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the battle-roarer, by the unblinking, by the victorious; by the unconquerable, the hard-to-dislodge, the bold—by Indra conquer that; to that unite ye, O men, in the battles, with the bull, the arrow-handed.

Translation

စစ်ပွဲ၌ အော်ဟစ်သူ၊ မျက်လုံးမပြတ်သူ၊ အောင်နိုင်သူ၊ မရှုံးနိုင်သူ၊ မဖယ်ရှားနိုင်သူ၊ ရဲရင့်သူတို့ဖြင့် ဣန္ဒြေသည် အောင်နိုင်ပါ၏။ အမြားကိုင်သော နွားလားနှင့်အတူ စစ်ပွဲများ၌ လူသူအများ ပူးပေါင်းကြပါလော့။

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Word by Word

• संक्रन्दनेन: with the war-cry / with the roar
• संक्रन्दनेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; सं-√क्रन्द ‘to cry out/roar’)

• अनिमिषेण: with the unblinking (one)
• अनिमिषेण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिमिष (प्रातिपदिक; a-nimiṣa ‘unblinking’)

• जिष्णुना: with the victorious (one)
• जिष्णुना: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √जि ‘to conquer’)

• अयोध्येन: with the invincible (one)
• अयोध्येन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयोध्य (प्रातिपदिक; a-yodhya ‘unassailable/not to be fought’)

• दुश्च्यवनेन: with the hard-to-dislodge (one)
• दुश्च्यवनेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुश्च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; dus- + √च्यु ‘to move/fall’)

• धृष्णुना: with the bold/daring (one)
• धृष्णुना: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √धृष ‘to dare/be bold’)

• तत्: that (power/aid)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जयत: win! / conquer!
• जयत: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जयति)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहध्वम्: join together / act in concert
• सहध्वम्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह (अव्यय) + √धा (धत्ते/धत्त)

• युधः: of battle / of the fight
• युधः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fighter/warrior’)

• नरः: O men / men
• नरः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषुहस्तेन: with (his) arrow-in-hand
• इषुहस्तेन: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इषुहस्त (प्रातिपदिक; इषु ‘arrow’ + हस्त ‘hand’)

• वृष्णा: with the mighty/bull-like (one)
• वृष्णा: करण
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull, mighty one’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (victory-hymn complex)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (exhortative martial register)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra