Atharva Veda 20.129.1: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 1

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । ए॒ता अश्वा॒ आ प्ल॑वन्ते

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | etā́ áśvā́ ā́ plávante

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Khila-verses. These steeds come floating hitherward, skimming on as though over the flood.

Translation

Wersy uzupełniające. Te rumaki przybywają unosząc się, ślizgając się jakby po powodzi.

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Word by Word

• खिलानि: empty/uncultivated places; waste tracts
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• एता: these
• एता: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; up to; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Particle)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• प्लवन्ते: they swim/float; they move by floating
• प्लवन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लव् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī attribution uncertain (late appendix material).

Devata: Aśvāḥ (personified steeds/powers); broadly, the arriving efficacies.

Chandas: Uncertain/irregular (khila material; not always classed in standard meters).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira