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Atharva Veda 20.121.1: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 121, Mantra 1

Sukta 121

अ॒भि त्वा॑ शूर नोनु॒मोऽदु॑ग्धा इव धे॒नवः॑ । ईशा॑नम॒स्य जग॑तः स्व॒र्दृश॒मीशा॑नमिन्द्र त॒स्थुषः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.121.1

abhí tvā śūra nonumo ’dúgdhā iva dhenávaḥ | ī́śānam asyá jágataḥ svàr-dṛ́śam ī́śānam indra tasthúṣaḥ

Toward thee, O hero, we press, as unmilked kine: thee, the sovereign of this moving world, the heaven-seeing, the sovereign, Indra, of what standeth fast.

హే శూరా, పాలు దోసుకోని ఆవుల్లా మేము నీ వైపు నెట్టుకుంటూ వస్తాము; నీవు ఈ చలించే జగత్తుకు ఈశానుడు, స్వర్గదర్శి; హే ఇంద్రా, స్థిరంగా నిలిచినవాటికీ నీవే ఈశానుడు.

अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (acc.)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शूरO hero
शूर:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
नोनुमःwe urge on / we praise repeatedly
नोनुमः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनु (धातु; पुनःपुनः-प्रेरणे/स्तुतौ) + उपसर्ग निस्/नु-प्रयोगः; reduplicated perfect-like present in Vedic
अदुग्धाःunmilked
अदुग्धाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदुह् (धातु) → दुग्ध (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त) with privative अ-
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
धेनवःcows
धेनवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
ईशानम्the lord, the ruler
ईशानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruling, lord’)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जगतःof the world (moving creation)
जगतः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वर्दृशम्heaven-seeing; having sight of heaven/light
स्वर्दृशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa sense: ‘heaven-seeing’)
Rootस्वर् (प्रातिपदिक ‘heaven/light’) + दृश् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त ‘seeing’) → समास: स्वर्दृश
ईशानम्the lord
ईशानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्थुषःof the standing (the stationary beings)
तस्थुषः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun/Participle (substantivized)
Rootस्था (धातु) → तस्थुष् (कृदन्त/परस्मैपदी-परफेक्ट participial stem in Vedic)

Rishi: RV-derived (likely Kaṇva tradition in this cluster)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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