Atharva Veda 20.128.10: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 128, Mantra 10

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॑वृ॒क्ता च॒ महि॑षी स्व॒स्त्या च यु॒धिंग॒मः । अना॑शुर॑श्चाया॒मी तो॒ता कल्पे॑षु सं॒मिता॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.128.10

IAST Transliteration

parivṛktā ca mahíṣī svastyā ca yudhíṅgamaḥ | anāśuráś cāyāmī totā kálpeṣu saṃmítā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Chosen and installed is the queen; with welfare, and one that goes to battle; unperishing—Chāyāmī; Tota, in the ritual ordinances, is duly measured and set.

Translation

Wybrana i wprowadzona jest królowa; z pomyślnością i taka, która idzie do walki; niezniszczalna, Chāyāmī; Tota, w obrzędowych przepisach jest należycie odmierzona i ustanowiona.

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Word by Word

• परिवृक्ता: turned/rolled around; encircling
• परिवृक्ता: Kartā (as a nominative qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: परि-√वृत् (वर्तते) → क्त (PPP) / प्रातिपदिक: परिवृक्त-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महिषी: queen; chief wife
• महिषी: Kartā (main nominative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषी (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्त्या: with welfare; auspiciously
• स्वस्त्या: Karaṇa (means/manner: ‘with/through well-being’)
• Type: Noun (instrumental of manner)
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• युधिंगमः: battle-goer; one who goes to battle
• युधिंगमः: Kartā (coordinated nominative/epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound used as epithet)
• Root: युधि-गम (समास/प्रातिपदिक: युधि ‘in battle’ + गम ‘going’)

• अनाशुः: not swift; unhurried
• अनाशुः: Kartā (nominative epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्चायामी: unshaded; without shadow/shelter
• अश्चायामी: Kartā (nominative epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-छायामि (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण; lit. ‘without shade’)

• तोता: ‘tota’ (unclear; possibly a proper/technical term)
• तोता: Kartā (nominative epithet)
• Type: Noun (lexeme uncertain)
• Root: तोत (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain/rare AV word)

• कल्पेषु: in the rites; in the preparations/arrangements
• कल्पेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in the rites/arrangements’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• संमिता: measured; duly arranged; well-fitted
• संमिता: Kartā (nominative qualifier; agrees with a feminine subject such as महिषी/implicit स्त्री)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: सम्-√मा (मिमीते) → क्त (PPP) / प्रातिपदिक: संमित-

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/late AV layer (Book 20).

Devata: Svasti (welfare) and protective durability; implicitly royal fortune.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta