Atharva Veda 20.63.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 63, Mantra 2

Sukta 63

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒दि॒त्यैरिन्द्रः॒ सग॑णो म॒रुद्भि॑र॒स्माकं॑ भूत्ववि॒ता त॒नूना॑म्। ह॒त्वाय॑ दे॒वा असु॑रा॒न् यदाय॑न् दे॒वा दे॑व॒त्वम॑भि॒रक्ष॑माणाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.63.2

IAST Transliteration

ādityáir índraḥ ságaṇo marúdbhir asmā́kaṃ bhūtvā́ avitā́ tanū́nām | hatvā́ya devā́ ásurān yád ā́yan devā́ devatvám abhirákṣamāṇāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Ādityas, Indra—with his troop, with the Maruts—having become for us a protector of our bodies: when the Gods went forth to slay the Asuras, the Gods guarding on every side their godhead.

Translation

Z Aditjami, Indra, ze swym orszakiem, z Marutami, stając się dla nas opiekunem naszych ciał: gdy Bogowie wyruszyli, by zabić Asurów, Bogowie strzegąc zewsząd swojej boskości.

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Word by Word

• आदित्यैः: with the Ādityas
• आदित्यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स: he
• स: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गणः: (as) a troop/host
• गणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुद्भिः: with the Maruts
• मरुद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अविता: protector/helper
• अविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √अव् ‘to protect, help’)

• तनूनाम्: of (our) bodies/persons
• तनूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• हत्वाय: to slay
• हत्वाय: Prayojana
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरान्: the Asuras
• असुरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that (which)
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयन्: they went/came
• आयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु; √इ ‘to go’ with preverb आ-)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवत्वम्: godhood/divine status
• देवत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिरक्षमानाः: protecting/guarding
• अभिरक्षमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) with preverb अभि-

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 reprise); r̥ṣi follows RV source attribution.

Devata: Indra with Ādityas and Maruts; gods vs. Asuras as mythic frame

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (to be confirmed against critical metrical analysis)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara