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Atharva Veda 4.22.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 5

Sukta 22

यु॒नज्मि॑ त उत्त॒राव॑न्त॒मिन्द्रं॒ येन॒ जय॑न्ति॒ न प॑रा॒जय॑न्ते । यस्त्वा॒ कर॑देकवृ॒षं जना॑नामु॒त राज्ञा॑मुत्तमं मा॑न॒वाना॑म्

yunájmi te uttarā́vantaṁ índraṁ yéna jáyanti ná parā-jáyante | yás tvā́ kárad eka-vṛ́ṣaṁ jánānām utá rājñā́m uttamáṁ mānavā́nām ||

I yoke to thee Indra the Overmastering, by whom men conquer and are not conquered; who made thee the sole Bull of the peoples, yea, the highest of kings, the foremost among men.

Я сопрягаю с тобою Индру, Всевластного, которым побеждают и не бывают побеждены; который сделал тебя единственным Быком народов, и также высшим из царей, первым среди людей.

युनज्मिI yoke / I harness
युनज्मि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (युजँ समाधौ/युजिर् योगे)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरावन्तम्the superior / having the upper (hand)
उत्तरावन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तरावन्त (प्रातिपदिक; उत्तर + वन्त)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
येनby whom / by which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
जयन्तिthey win / conquer
जयन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootजि (जि॒—जय॑ने)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पराजयन्तेthey are defeated / they lose
पराजयन्ते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootपरा + जि (जि॒—जय॑ने)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
करत्made / fashioned
करत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (डुकृञ् करणे)
एकवृषम्the sole bull; pre-eminent/unique hero
एकवृषम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएकवृष (प्रातिपदिक; एक + वृष)
जनानाम्of peoples / of men
जनानाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
राज्ञाम्of kings
राज्ञाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तमम्the highest / best
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
मानवानाम्of men / of mortals
मानवानाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as per AV royal hymns)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (needs metrical audit by pada-count)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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