Atharva Veda 5.21.9: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 9

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्या॒घो॒षा दु॑न्दु॒भयो॒ भि क्रो॑शन्तु॒ या दिशः॑ । सेनाः॒ परा॑जिता य॒तीर॒मित्रा॑णामनीक॒शः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.21.9

IAST Transliteration

jyāghōṣā́ dundúbhayo ’bhí krōśantu yā́ díśaḥ | sēnā́ḥ parājítā yatī́r amítrāṇām anīkáśaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let bowstring-twangs and war-drums cry aloud against whatever quarters: the armies of the foes—defeated—going forth (in rout), troop by troop.

Translation

လေးညှို့များနှင့် စစ်ကိုင်းများသည် ရှစ်မုက်အရပ်ရပ်တို့တွင် အော်ဟစ်ပါစေသတည်း။ ရန်သူတပ်များသည် - ရှုံးနိမ့်၍ - တပ်တပ်ခွဲ၍ ထွက်ပြေးကြပါစေသတည်း။

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Word by Word

• ज्याघोषाः: bow-twangs / bow-sounds
• ज्याघोषाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्याघोष (प्रातिपदिक; ज्याघोष = धनुष्टङ्कार/धनुर्ध्वनि)

• दुन्दुभयः: drums
• दुन्दुभयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, against; loudly/over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• क्रोशन्तु: let (them) cry out / resound
• क्रोशन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)

• याः: which
• याः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धः: दिशः) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: directions, quarters
• दिशः: कर्तृ (क्रोशन्तु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशा)

• सेनाः: armies
• सेनाः: कर्तृ (अध्याहृत-भवन्ति/सन्ति इत्यस्य) / विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराजिताः: defeated
• पराजिताः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परा+जि → पराजित, क्त)

• यतीः: the ascetics / strivers
• यतीः: कर्म (अध्याहृत-हन्ति/जयति इत्यादि क्रियायाः) / लक्ष्यः
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमित्राणाम्: of the enemies
• अमित्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध (अनीकशः इत्यस्य) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनीकशः: in battle-fronts / troop by troop; in ranks
• अनीकशः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनीकशस् (अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक; अनीक = सैन्यमुख/दल, शस् = ‘-wise’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Martial sound-powers (dundubhi, jyāghoṣa) as operative agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira