Atharva Veda 20.20.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग॑न्निन्द्र॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हद् द्यु॒म्नं द॑धिष्व दु॒ष्टर॑म्। उत् ते॒ शुष्मं॑ तिरामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.20.3

IAST Transliteration

ágan índra śrávo br̥hád dyumnáṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭáram | út te śúṣmaṃ tirāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

There hath come, O Indra, mighty fame: assume thou glory unconquerable. Forth do we press beyond, by thy strong force.

Translation

Przyszła, o Indro, potężna sława: przyjmij chwałę nie do pokonania. Wyciskamy się naprzód, dzięki twojej silnej mocy.

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Word by Word

• अगन्: he went / he came
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रवः: fame, renown
• श्रवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यु्म्नम्: splendour, brilliance
• द्यु्म्नम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यु्म्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधिष्व: place, put on (for yourself)
• दधिष्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• दुष्टरम्: hard to overcome, formidable
• दुष्टरम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्टर (प्रातिपदिक; दु- + स्तॄ/तॄ ‘to cross’ से निष्पन्न ‘hard to cross’)

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• शुष्मम्: strength, might
• शुष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरामसि: we cross over, we overcome
• तिरामसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु; ‘to cross, overcome’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source tradition (to be confirmed per anukramaṇī).

Devata: Indra.

Chandas: RV-derived metre (to be confirmed).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta