Atharva Veda 20.76.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 2

Sukta 76

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र ते॑ अ॒स्या उ॒षसः॒ प्राप॑रस्या नृ॒तौ स्या॑म॒ नृत॑मस्य नृ॒णाम्। अनु॑ त्रि॒शोकः॑ श॒तमाव॑ह॒न्नॄन् कुत्से॑न॒ रथो॒ यो अस॑त् सस॒वान्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.76.2

IAST Transliteration

prá te asyā́ uṣásaḥ práparas yā nṛtáu syāma nṛ́tamásya nṛṇā́m | ánu triśókaḥ śatám ā́vahan nṝ́n kútsena rátho yó ásat sasavā́n ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth for thee—of this Dawn and of the later Dawn—may we be in the heroic dance of the most manly among men. Following, the triple-radiant chariot, winning, brought hither a hundred men, with Kutsa.

Translation

ఈ ఉషస్సు మరియు తరువాతి ఉషస్సు కోసం—నీ కోసం—మనుష్యులలో అత్యంత పురుషోచితుడైనవాని వీరనృత్యంలో మేము భాగస్వాములమవుదాం. త్రి-ప్రకాశ (త్రిశోక) రథాన్ని అనుసరించి, విజేత అయిన ఆ రథం కుత్సునితో కలిసి వందమంది నరులను ఇక్కడికి తీసుకొచ్చింది.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अस्याः: of this
• अस्याः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (स्त्री.)

• उषसः: of the Dawn
• उषसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• अपरस्याः: of the later (one)
• अपरस्याः: —
• Type: Adjective (used pronominally)
• Root: अपर

• नृतौ: in the dance; in the rhythmic performance
• नृतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृतु

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• नृततमस्य: of the best dancer / most excellent in dance
• नृततमस्य: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृततम (superlative of नृत/नर्त्-related adj.)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ

• अनु: after; along; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• त्रिशोकः: three-flamed / having three radiances
• त्रिशोकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (as epithet)
• Root: त्रिशोक

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Noun
• Root: शत

• आवहन्: brought; conveyed
• आवहन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• नॄन्: men
• नॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ

• कुत्सेन: with Kuts(a)
• कुत्सेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कुत्स

• रथः: the chariot
• रथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ

• यः: which; who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• असत्: was
• असत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• ससवान्: having impelled; having set in motion; victorious/prevailing
• ससवान्: Kartā
• Type: Kṛdanta (verbal adjective/participle)
• Root: सव् (√सू/√सव् ‘to impel, set in motion’; here perfect/participial formation)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (Indra-Kutsa narrative stratum)

Devata: Indra (with Uṣas as temporal frame)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta