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Atharva Veda 1.2.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

वृ॒क्षं यद्गावः॑ परिषस्वजा॒ना अ॑नुस्फु॒रं श॒रमर्च॑न्त्यृ॒भुम्। शरु॑म॒स्मद्या॑वय दि॒द्युमि॑न्द्र

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.2.3

vṛkṣáṃ yád gā́vaḥ pariṣasvajāná anusphuráṃ śarám arcánty ṛbhúm | śarúm asmád yāvaya didyúm índra

When round the tree the cows, close-clasping, gather, and praise the deft Ṛbhu with the quivering arrow— That arrow from us drive thou far away, O Indra, the flashing bolt.

वृक्षं यद्गावः परिषस्वजानाः अनुस्फुरं शरम् अर्चन्त्यृभुम्। शरुमस्मद् यावय दिद्युमिन्द्र।

वृक्षम्tree
वृक्षम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that
यत्:
कर्म (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb) / Adverb
Rootपरि
सस्वजानाःhaving embraced/clasped
सस्वजानाः:
कर्तृ (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (Perfect active) used adjectivally
Rootस्वञ्ज् (धातु) → सस्वज् (परि+स्वञ्ज्) ; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक
अनुस्फुरम्quivering/jerking along
अनुस्फुरम्:
कर्म (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (descriptive) / participial adjective
Rootस्फुर् (धातु) + अनु; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (वर्तमानकृदन्त/विशेषण-भाव)
शरम्reed/arrow (shaft)
शरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशर (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चन्तिthey praise/chant
अर्चन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
ऋभुम्Ṛbhu (a divine artisan)
ऋभुम्:
कर्म
TypeProper noun
Rootऋभु (प्रातिपदिक; देव/ऋषि-नाम)
शरुम्missile/arrow; (harmful) dart
शरुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशरु (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मत्from us/our
अस्मत्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यावयdrive away!
यावय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootयावय् (धातु; causative sense ‘to drive away’)
दिद्युम्(flashing) missile/bolt; gleam
दिद्युम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिद्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeProper noun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (requires hymn-level colophon confirmation for AVŚ 1.2 in the chosen edition).

Devata: Indra (as repeller of missiles; with mention of Ṛbhu as invoked/celebrated figure).

Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed against pada count and editional metrical marking).

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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