Atharva Veda 6.129.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 2

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॑ वृ॒क्षाँ अ॒भ्यभ॑वो॒ भगे॑न॒ वर्च॑सा स॒ह। तेन॑ मा भ॒गिनं॑ कृ॒ण्वप॑ द्रा॒न्त्वरा॑तयः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.129.2

IAST Transliteration

yéna vṛkṣā́n abhyábhavo bhágena várcasā sahá | téna mā bhagínaṃ kṛṇv ápa drā́ntu arā́tayaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that whereby thou didst prevail over the trees, by Bhaga together with splendor—by that make me fortunate: let the ill-wishers flee away.

Translation

ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମେ ବୃକ୍ଷମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ବିଜୟ ପାଇଥିଲ—ଭଗ ସହିତ, ତେଜ ସହିତ—ସେହିଦ୍ୱାରା ମୋତେ ଭାଗ୍ୟବାନ କର; ଦୁର୍ଭାବନାକାରୀ ଶତ୍ରୁମାନେ ମୋଠାରୁ ଦୂରେ ପଳାଇଯାଉନ୍ତୁ।

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Word by Word

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• अभवः: you became / you were
• अभवः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• भगेन: with fortune; with Bhaga (the deity of allotment)
• भगेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चसा: with splendor, brilliance
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together, along with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तेन: by that (same means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → म-

• भगिनम्: fortunate; endowed with good fortune
• भगिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भगिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fortunate/possessing bhaga’)

• कृणु: make (you)!
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अप

• द्रान्तु: let (them) run away / flee
• द्रान्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रा/द्रु (धातु; ‘to run, flee’—वैदिक प्रयोग)

• अरातयः: enemies, hostile beings
• अरातयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enemy, hostile one’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Bhaga (with vārchas as invoked potency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira